New rotation period for neutron star RXJ0720: 16.78 sec

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 Our neutron star model with the three relevant angles    X-ray spectra from XMM-Newton for five different time intervals
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Phase-folded light curve for the new rotation period
of 16.78 sec for four different energy bands

  Period vs. period derivative with old and new values for RXJ0720
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Summary:
- RXJ0720 is one of the brightest and best studied X-ray neutron stars
- New rotation period is 16.78 sec (previous: 8.39 sec)
- Gravitational redshift z = 0.205
- Compactness M / R = 0.105 (with mass M in solar masses, radius R in km)
- published in Hambaryan, Suleimanov, Haberl, Schwope, Neuhäuser, Hohle, Werner