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We report on the discovery of a binary pulsar, PSR J1740-3052, during the Parkes multibeam survey. Timing observations of the 570-ms pulsar at Jodrell Bank and Parkes show that it is young, with a characteristic age of 350 kyr, and is in a…

We have used phase-resolved high-resolution images and low resolution spectra taken at the ESO Very Large Telescope, to study the properties of the low-mass Helium White Dwarf companion to the millisecond pulsar \psr (hereafter COM…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 G. Cocozza , F. R. Ferraro , A. Possenti , N. D'Amico

We present optical high-speed photometry of three millisecond pulsars with low-mass ($< 0.3 M_{\odot}$) white dwarf companions, bringing the total number of such systems with follow-up time-series photometry to five. We confirm the…

The radio millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038 exhibits complex timing and eclipse behavior. Here we analyze four years' worth of radio monitoring observations of this object. We obtain a long-term timing solution, albeit with large residual…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-11-21 Anne M. Archibald , Victoria M. Kaspi , Jason W. T. Hessels , Ben Stappers , Gemma Janssen , Andrew Lyne

PSR J1906+0746 is a young pulsar in the relativistic binary with the second-shortest known orbital period, of 3.98 hours. We here present a timing study based on five years of observations, conducted with the 5 largest radio telescopes in…

We report the discovery and characterization of PSR J1810-0623, a fully recycled millisecond pulsar with a spin period of 4.55 ms, discovered with the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) and followed up with FAST…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-17 Jie Zhang , Zerui Wang , Lei Zhang , Yulan Liu , Alessandro Ridolfi , Meng Guo , Di Li , Ryan S. Lynch , Cong Wang , Pei Wang , Mengmeng Ni , Jiale Hu , Mengquan Liu , Zhie Liu , Bo Han , Chenchen Miao

Pulsars with compact companions in close eccentric orbits are unique laboratories for testing general relativity and alternative theories of gravity. Moreover, they are excellent targets for future gravitational wave experiments like LISA…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 J. Antoniadis , C. G. Bassa , N. Wex , M. Kramer , R. Napiwotzki

Neutron stars in close binary systems have the potential to spin up to millisecond periods due to the accretion of matter and angular momentum from their low-mass companions. In later stages of this process, they sometimes start to swing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-22 S. V. Karpov , Artyom S. Tanashkin , G. M. Beskin , V. L. Plokhotnichenko , Y. A. Shibanov , D. A. Zyuzin

We present observations of fields containing eight recently discovered binary millisecond pulsars using the telescopes at MDM Observatory. Optical counterparts to four of these systems are detected, one of which, PSR J2214+3000, is a novel…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 Joshua Schroeder , Jules Halpern

We report on the discovery of coherent pulsations at a period of 2.9 ms from the X-ray transient MAXI J0911-655 in the globular cluster NGC 2808. We observed X-ray pulsations at a frequency of $\sim339.97$ Hz in three different observations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-01 A. Sanna , A. Papitto , L. Burderi , E. Bozzo , A. Riggio , T. Di Salvo , C. Ferrigno , N. Rea , R. Iaria

PSR J1903+0327 is a mili-second pulsar with a mass of 1.67 M_{\odot} in a highly eccentric orbit (e=0.44) around a main-sequence star. This unique system cannot be reconciled with current observations where milli-second pulsars are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Juthika Khargharia , John T. Stocke , Cynthia S. Froning , Achamveedu Gopakumar , Bhal Chandra Joshi

PSR J1744-3922 is a binary pulsar exhibiting highly variable pulsed radio emission. We report on a statistical multi-frequency study of the pulsed radio flux variability which suggests that this phenomenon is extrinsic to the pulsar and…

We report on Keck and Hubble Space Telescope optical observations of the eclipsing binary pulsar system PSR B1718-19, in the direction of the globular cluster NGC 6342. These reveal a faint star ($m_{\rm F702W}=25.21\pm0.07$; Vega system)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. H. van Kerkwijk , V. M. Kaspi , A. R. Klemola , S. R. Kulkarni , A. G. Lyne , D. Van Buren

We are monitoring established and putative redback millisecond pulsars (MSPs) in time-series photometry, repeatedly covering their 5-6 hr orbital light curves in $r^{\prime}$ or $R$. On timescales of months, PSR J1048+2339 and XMMU…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-24 Patricia B. Cho , Jules P. Halpern , Slavko Bogdanov

IGR J16320-4751 is a highly obscured HMXB source containing a very slow neutron star ($P_{spin}\sim1300$ sec) orbiting its supergiant companion star with a period of $\sim$9 days. It shows high column density ($N_{H}\sim2-5\times10^{23}$…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-07 Varun , Nirmal Iyer , Biswajit Paul

We report the optical discovery of the companion to the 2 M_sun millisecond pulsar PSR J1614-2230. The optical colors show that the 0.5 M_sun companion is a 2.2 Gyr old He-CO white dwarf. We infer that $\dot{M}$ during the accretion phase…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-19 Varun B. Bhalerao , S. R. Kulkarni

We present five recycled pulsars discovered during a 21-cm survey of approximately 4,150 deg^2 between 15 deg and 30 deg from the galactic plane using the Parkes radio telescope. One new pulsar, PSR J1528-3146, has a 61 ms spin period and a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 B. A. Jacoby , M. Bailes , S. M. Ord , H. S. Knight , A. W. Hotan

PSRJ1910-5959A (J1910A) is a binary millisecond pulsar in a 0.837 day circular orbit around a helium white dwarf (HeWD) companion. This pulsar is located 6.3 arcmin away from the centre of the globular cluster NGC6752. Given the large…

We report the discovery of the binary millisecond pulsar J0514-4002A, which is the first known pulsar in the globular cluster NGC 1851 and the first pulsar discovered using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). The pulsar has a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Paulo C. Freire , Yashwant Gupta , Scott M. Ransom , C. H. Ishwara-Chandra