PSR~J2032+4127 is the only one of gamma-ray binary, that exhibits pulsations in gamma-ray. Previous research has indicated that the pulsar and the Be star MT91 213 orbit each other in a highly eccentric orbit with an extremely long period, with the pulsar reaching its periastron on November 13, 2017. Since its launch, the \fermi{} satellite has been monitoring this pulsar for 16 years, covering the 8 years before and the 8 years after the pulsar passed its periastron. Using these data, we present an analysis of pulse arrival times, and precisely determine the orbital parameters for the first time: the orbital period of Porb∼52.3 yr, the eccentricity of e∼0.98, the semimajor axis of asini∼25.3 AU, and the orbital inclination of ∼ 47.1∘ -- 55.1∘. We also reveal another small glitch occurred in 2021, MJD ∼ 59500.
@article{arxiv.2602.03079,
title = {The orbital parameters of gamma-ray binary PSR~J2032+4127},
author = {Yu-Feng Luo and Shan-Shan Weng and Qing-Zhong Liu and Ming-Yu Ge and Han-Long Peng and Shi-Qi Zhou and Shi-Jie Gao and Yu-Jia Zheng and Yan Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.03079},
year = {2026}
}
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7 pages, 3 figure, 2 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ