Revisiting the Pulsar Injection Problem

We propose snapshot XMMNewton observations of three Galactic supernova remnantswith positionally coincident radio pulsars in order to confirm or refute theplausible connection between the supposedly old (but possibly very young)pulsars and the supernova remnants. Based on this we could constrain theGalactic population of neutron stars born spinning slowly and determine anyconnection between the new class of socalled antimagnetars.. and normalradio pulsars, This study has important implications for understanding thebirth, evolution, and properties of the Galactic population of neutron stars,especially in light of very recent discoveries. truncated!, Please see actual data for full text [truncated!, Please see actual data for full text]