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Pulsars are known to manifest complex phenomena, such as nulling, sub-pulse drifting, and periodicity. Within the purview of this investigation, we have harnessed the wavelet analysis technique to scrutinize the multifaceted periodicities…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-19 Peng-Fu Tian , Ping Zhang , Wen Yang , Wei Wang , Pei Wang

Context. Determining the orbital periods of cataclysmic variable stars (CVs) is essential for confirming candidates and for the understanding of their evolutionary state. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) provides month-long…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-19 Santiago Hernández-Díaz , Beate Stelzer , Axel Schwope , Daniela Muñoz-Giraldo

The Cepheid Period-Luminosity law is a key rung on the extragalactic distance ladder. However, numerous Cepheids are known to undergo period variations. Monitoring, refining, and understanding these period variations allows us to better…

We have measured the positions of 74 pulsars from regular timing observations using the Nanshan radio telescope at Urumqi Observatory between 2000 January and 2004 August (MJD 51500 -- 53240). Proper motions were determined for these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 W. Z. Zou , G. Hobbs , N. Wang , R. N. Manchester , X. J. Wu , H. X. Wang

Known for their large amplitude radial pulsations, classical Cepheids are critical standard candles in astrophysics. However, they also exhibit various pulsational irregularities and additional signals that provide deeper insights into…

Timing analysis of PSR J1705$-$1906 using data from Nanshan 25-m and Parkes 64-m radio telescopes, which span over fourteen years, shows that the pulsar exhibits significant proper motion, and rotation instability. We updated the astrometry…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-23 Y. L. Liu , J. P. Yuan , J. B. Wang , X. W. Liu , N. Wang , R. Yuen

We have carried out a new photometric V,Rc study of 12 protoplanetary nebulae, objects in the short-lived transition between the AGB and PN phases of stellar evolution. These had been the subjects of an earlier study, using data from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-09 Bruce J. Hrivnak , Wenxian Lu , William C. Bakke , Peyton J. Grimm

Here we report in depth reanalysis of a paper by Vats et al. (2001) [Astrophys. J. 548, L87] based on the measurements of differential rotation with altitude as a function of observing frequencies (as lower and higher frequencies indicate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-28 Hitaishi Bhatt , Rupal Trivedi , Som Kumar Sharma , Hari Om Vats

We investigate the nature of the long-period radial velocity variations in Alpha Tau first reported over 20 years ago. We analyzed precise stellar radial velocity measurements for Alpha Tau spanning over 30 years. An examination of the…

Aims. We study the low-amplitude and long-period variations in evolved stars using precise radial velocity measurements. Methods. The high-resolution, fiber-fed Bohyunsan Observatory Echelle Spectrograph (BOES) was used from September 2004…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 B. -C. Lee , I. Han , M. -G. Park , A. P. Hatzes , K. -M. Kim

We present an extended optical spectropolarimetry of R CrB from 1998 January to 2003 September. The polarization was almost constant in the phase of maximum brightness, being consistent with past observations. We detected, however, temporal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 K. S. Kawabata , Y. Ikeda , H. Akitaya , M. Isogai , K. Matsuda , M. Matsumura , O. Nagae , M. Seki

A search was carried out for pulsars with periods (P) from 2 to 90 s in daily observations carried out over an interval of 5 years in a area measuring 6300 sq.deg. The data was obtained on a Large Phased Array (LPA) at a frequency of 111…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-22 S. A. Tyul'bashev , G. E. Tyul'basheva

I concisely review the history, applications, and recent developments pertaining to radial velocity (RV) observations of classical pulsating stars. The focus lies on type-I (classical) Cepheids, although the historical overview and most…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-09 Richard I. Anderson

Periodic modulations are seen in normal period pulsars ($P >$ 0.1 sec) over timescales ranging from a few seconds to several minutes. Such modulations have usually been associated with the phenomenon of subpulse drifting. A number of recent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-12 Rahul Basu , Dipanjan Mitra , Giorgi I. Melikidze

We report the discovery and timing of two pulsars from a sample of four circularly polarized sources identified in radio continuum images taken as part of the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) Variables and Slow Transients (VAST) survey.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-17 Rahul Sengar , David L. Kaplan , Emil Lenc , Akash Anumarlapudi , Natasha Hurley-Walker , Ziteng Wang , Laura Driessen , Dougal Dobie , Tara Murphy

The detection of the orbital period of 4.36his reported for the new Intermediate Polar 1 WGA 1958.2+3232. The orbital period was derived from time-resolved photometric and spectral observations. We also confirmed the 733 sec spin period of…

The primary goal of this paper is to derive precise Fourier parameters of the radial velocity (RV) curves for fundamental and first-overtone Galactic Cepheids. For each star, we carefully selected RV measurements available in the literature…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-18 V. Hocdé , P. Moskalik , N. A. Gorynya , R. Smolec , R. Singh Rathour , O. Ziółkowska

The projection factor (p-factor) is an essential component of the classical Baade-Wesselink (BW) technique, that is commonly used to determine the distances to pulsating stars. It is a multiplicative parameter used to convert radial…

In this paper we develop an analytical expression relating the sensitivity to a periodic signal to the duration and accuracy of a given set of data. The effects of windowing are explored, and also the sensitivity to periods longer than the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 A. F. Nelson , J. R. P. Angel

As the third paper in the multiple-part series, we report the statistical properties of radio bursts detected from the repeating fast radio burst (FRB) source FRB 20201124A with the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio telescope…