Search for X-ray binary pulsars in the SMC

The high throughput of the XMMNewton telescopes together with the uniqueproperties of the EPIC detectors (good time resolution over the full field ofview and wide energy range) are ideally suited to detect pulsations from faintXray sources. We propose to search for new pulsars in observations of 7 SMCfields which are known to contain several Xray binary (XRB) candidates. We willdetermine the energy dependence of pulse profiles, characterize pulsars by theirspectrum and optically identify them, using OM data and optical follow upobservations. The results will help to further investigate the difference in theXRB populations of SMC and LMC/Milky Way. truncated!, Please see actual data for full text [truncated!, Please see actual data for full text]