Swift XRT measure of the SGR 0501+4516 spin period
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Date Issued
2008-08-01
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Abstract
Swift XRT observed SGR 0501+4516 from 2008-08-22 12 43 36 s UT to 2008-08-24 01 35 43 s UT in Photon Counting (PC) mode and from 2008-08-26 05 14 58 s UT to 2008-08-27 02 31 59 s UT in Windowed Timing (WT) mode for a total of about 38 ks exposure in PC and 30 ks in WT. We performed the barycentric correction of photon arrival times and a search for coherent pulsations over the full data set in the 0.2-10 keV band with epoch folding search techniques.