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PSR J1024$-$0719 is a millisecond pulsar that was long thought to be isolated. However, puzzling results concerning its velocity, distance, and low rotational period derivative have led to reexamination of its properties. We present updated…

Using our extensive ROSAT X-ray observations of M33, we confirm a 3.45 day eclipse period for the Einstein source X-7 (Larson & Schulman, 1997) and discover evidence for a 0.31-s pulse period. The orbital period, pulse period and observed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 G. Dubus , P. A. Charles , K. S. Long , P. J. Hakala , E. Kuulkers

The recycled pulsar PSR J2222-0137 is one of the closest known neutron stars, with a parallax distance of $267_{-0.9}^{+1.2}\,$pc and an edge-on orbit. We measure the Shapiro delay in the system through pulsar timing with the Green Bank…

We report the discovery of millisecond pulsations from the low-mass X-ray binary HETE J1900.1-2455 which was discovered by the detection of a type I X-ray burst by the High Energy Transient Explorer 2 (HETE-2). The neutron star emits…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. Kaaret , E. H. Morgan , R. Vanderspek , J. A. Tomsick

We report on the first continuous, 80 day optical monitoring of the transitional millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038 carried out in mid-2017 with Kepler in the K2 configuration, when an X-ray subluminous accretion disk was present in the…

The middle-aged PSR J0357+3205 is a nearby, radio-quiet, bright gamma-ray pulsar discovered by the Fermi mission. Our previous Chandra observation revealed a huge, very peculiar structure of diffuse X-ray emission, originating at the pulsar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 A. De Luca , R. P. Mignani , M. Marelli , D. Salvetti , N. Sartore , A. Belfiore , P. Saz Parkinson , P. A. Caraveo , G. F. Bignami

PSR J2140$-$2311B is a 13-ms pulsar discovered in 2001 in a 7.8-hour Green Bank Telescope (GBT) observation of the core-collapsed globular cluster M30 and predicted to be in a highly eccentric binary orbit. This pulsar has eluded detection…

We report on the discovery of a new pulsating X-ray source during Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer observations of a low galactic latitude field centered at RA (J2000) = 19 hr 05 m 43 s and Dec (J2000) = +08 deg 58 arcmin 48 arcsec. Significant…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 D. Marsden , D. E. Gruber , W. A. Heindl , M. R. Pelling , R. E. Rothschild

We report the discovery of a new black-widow millisecond pulsar, PSR J1544-2555, associated with the Fermi-LAT source 4FGL J1544.2-2554. Optical, radio, and gamma-ray observations confirmed its nature as a compact spider binary system.…

We report the discovery of a 2.11 ms binary millisecond pulsar during a targeted search of the redback optical candidate coincident with the $\gamma$-ray source 3FGL J0212.5+5320 using the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-02 Karen I. Perez , Slavko Bogdanov , Jules P. Halpern , Vishal Gajjar

The double pulsar system PSR J0737-3039A/B is a double neutron star binary, with a 2.4-hour orbital period, which has allowed measurement of relativistic orbital perturbations to high precision. The low mass of the second-formed neutron…

PSR J1641+8049 is a 2 ms black widow pulsar with the 2.2 h orbital period detected in the radio and $\gamma$-rays. We performed new phase-resolved multi-band photometry of PSR J1641+8049 using the OSIRIS instrument at the Gran Telescopio…

Using the SDSS and Pan-STARRS1 survey data, we found a likely companion of the recently discovered binary $\gamma$-ray radio-loud millisecond pulsar J0621+2514. Its visual brightness is about 22 mag. The broad band magnitudes and colours…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-05 A. V. Karpova , D. A. Zyuzin , Yu. A. Shibanov , A. Yu. Kirichenko , S. V. Zharikov

We report on 22 yrs of radio timing observations of the millisecond pulsar J1024$-$0719 by the telescopes participating in the European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA). These observations reveal a significant second derivative of the pulsar spin…

We report the radio observations of the eclipsing black widow pulsar J1720-0534, a 3.26 ms pulsar in orbit with a low mass companion of mass 0.029 to 0.034 M$_{\odot}$. We obtain the phase-connected timing ephemeris and polarization profile…

The binary pulsar J2222-0137 is an enigmatic system containing a partially recycled millisecond pulsar and a companion of unknown nature. Whilst the low eccentricity of the system favors a white dwarf companion, an unusual double neutron…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 A. T. Deller , J. Boyles , D. R. Lorimer , V. M. Kaspi , M. A. McLaughlin , S. Ransom , I. H. Stairs , K. Stovall

We present the first X-ray observation of the energetic millisecond pulsar binary PSR J1431-4715, performed with XMM-Newton and complemented with fast optical multi-band photometry acquired with the ULTRACAM instrument at ESO-NTT. It is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-04 D. de Martino , A. Phosrisom , V. S. Dhillon , D. F. Torres , F. Coti Zelati , R. P. Breton , T. R. Marsh , A. Miraval Zanon , N. Rea , A. Papitto

We report on the identification of a near-infrared counterpart to the massive (>11 Msun) binary companion of pulsar J1740-3052. An accurate celestial position of PSR J1740-3052 is determined from interferometric radio observations. Adaptive…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 C. G. Bassa , W. F. Brisken , G. Nelemans , I. H. Stairs , B. W. Stappers , M. Kramer

PSR J0636+5128 is a 2.87 ms binary millisecond pulsar (MSP) discovered by the Green Bank Northern Celestial Cap Pulsar Survey, and possesses the third shortest orbital period ($P=1.6$ hour) among confirmed binary pulsars. Recent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-22 Wen-Cong Chen

Most millisecond pulsars with low-mass companions are in systems with either helium-core white dwarfs or non-degenerate ("black widow" or "redback") stars. A candidate counterpart to PSR J1816+4510 was identified by Kaplan et al. (2012)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 David L. Kaplan , Varun B. Bhalerao , Marten H. van Kerkwijk , Detlev Koester , Shri R. Kulkarni , Kevin Stovall