Understanding the emission geometry of rotation-powered pulsars

We propose deep EPIC observations of 5 Xrayemitting rotationpowered pulsarsto obtain detailed view of their light curves and phaseresolved spectra,available so far for only three (not representative) sources. Our sample spans 4decades of energetics, including RPPs with different properties and radio/gammaray light curves. shapes. We.ll investigate how RPP emission depends onenergetics, age and geometry. Xray data will be aligned in phase withcontemporaneous gammaray and radio data and fitted, constraining the RPPemission models and geometry in these bands. Studying the multiband, phaseresolved spectra will reveal properties and physics of the pair distribution.Overall, our project will result in a decisive step forward in our understanding of RPP emissions. truncated!, Please see actual data for full text [truncated!, Please see actual data for full text]