Based on a theoretical selection of pulsars as candidates for detection at X-ray energies, we present an analysis of archival X-ray observations performed with Chandra and XMM-Newton of PSR J1747–2958 (the pulsar in the “Mouse” nebula), PSR J2021+3651 (the pulsar in the “Dragonfly” nebula), and PSR J1826–1256. X-ray pulsations from PSR J1747–2958 and PSR J1826–1256 are detected for the first time, and a previously reported hint of an X-ray pulsation from PSR J2021+3651 is confirmed with a higher significance. We analyze these pulsars’ spectra in regard to the theoretically predicted energy distribution, finding a remarkable agreement, and provide here a refined calculation of the model parameters taking into account the newly derived X-ray spectral data.
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Li, J., Torres, D. F., Coti Zelati, F., Papitto, A., Kerr, M., & Rea, N. (2018). Theoretically Motivated Search and Detection of Non-thermal Pulsations from PSRs J1747-2958, J2021+3651, and J1826-1256. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 868(2), L29. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aae92b
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