A Second Chromatic Timing Event of Interstellar Origin toward PSR J1713+0747
Abstract
The frequency dependence of radio pulse arrival times provides a probe of structures in the intervening media. Demorest et al. 2013 was the first to show a short-term (~100-200 days) reduction in the electron content along the line of sight to PSR J1713+0747 in data from 2008 (approximately MJD 54750) based on an apparent dip in the dispersion measure of the pulsar. We report on a similar event in 2016 (approximately MJD 57510), with average residual pulse-arrival times of approximately 3.0,-1.3, and -0.7 microseconds at 820, 1400, and 2300 MHz, respectively. Timing analyses indicate possible departures from the standard nu^-2 dispersive-delay dependence. We discuss and rule out a wide variety of potential interpretations. We find the likeliest scenario to be lensing of the radio emission by some structure in the interstellar medium, which causes multiple frequency-dependent pulse arrival-time delays.
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@article{arxiv.1712.03651,
title = {A Second Chromatic Timing Event of Interstellar Origin toward PSR J1713+0747},
author = {M. T. Lam and J. A. Ellis and G. Grillo and M. L. Jones and J. S. Hazboun and P. R. Brook and J. E. Turner and S. Chatterjee and J. M. Cordes and T. J. W. Lazio and M. E. DeCesar and Z. Arzoumanian and H. Blumer and H. T. Cromartie and P. B. Demorest and T. Dolch and R. D. Ferdman and E. C. Ferrara and E. Fonseca and N. Garver-Daniels and P. A. Gentile and V. Gupta and D. R. Lorimer and R. S. Lynch and D. R. Madison and M. A. McLaughlin and C. Ng and D. J. Nice and T. T. Pennucci and S. M. Ransom and R. Spiewak and I. H. Stairs and D. R. Stinebring and K. Stovall and J. K. Swiggum and S. J. Vigeland and W. W. Zhu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1712.03651},
year = {2018}
}
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9 pages, 3 figures, published in ApJ