BIRDS OF A FEATHER: A STATISTICAL SEARCH FOR X-RAY PULSARS

Discoveries of rotationpowered Xray pulsars have increased substantially inthe last several years, but their properties have yet to conform to a singlepattern. We argue that pulsars have a high probability of being found in thevicinity of supernova remnants. Based on a survey of pointlike sources in theASCA archives we propose to use the EPICpn detector to investigate new pulsarcandidates. The discoveries will fill out the incomplete sample of observedXray pulsars, as well as confirm the utility of our method for selecting pulsarcandidates from existing archived data. truncated!, Please see actual data for full text [truncated!, Please see actual data for full text]