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We describe the morphological and fluctuation properties of the pulsars in the double neutron star system, PSR J0737--3039. Pulsar B is seen in almost all orbital phases, except in the range of $\sim 6\deg$ to $65\deg$. This may be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 R. Ramachandran , D. C. Backer , P. Demorest , S. M. Ransom , V. M. Kaspi

PSR J0737-3039A is a millisecond pulsar with a spin period of 22.7 ms included in a double-neutron star system with an orbital period of 2.4 hrs. Its companion has also been detected as a radio pulsar, making this binary the first known…

Observations of the binary pulsar PSR J1141-6545 using the Parkes radio telescope over 9.3 years show clear time-variations in pulse width, shape and polarization. We interpret these variations in terms of relativistic precession of the…

The binary pulsar J0737-3039 is the only known system having two observable pulsars, thus offering a unique laboratory to test general relativity and explore pulsar physics. Based on the low eccentricity and the position within the galactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Simone Dall'Osso , Tsvi Piran , Nir Shaviv

PSR J1757$-$1854 is one of the most relativistic double neutron star binary systems known in our Galaxy, with an orbital period of $P_\text{b}=4.4\,\text{hr}$ and an orbital eccentricity of $e=0.61$. As such, it has promised to be an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-28 A. D. Cameron , M. Bailes , D. J. Champion , P. C. C. Freire , M. Kramer , M. A. McLaughlin , C. Ng , A. Possenti , A. Ridolfi , T. M. Tauris , H. M. Wahl , N. Wex

We propose synchrotron absorption in a magnetosheath forming a cocoon around the magnetosphere of pulsar B to be the origin of the eclipse phenomena seen in the recently discovered double pulsar system PSRJ07370-3039 A & B. The model…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 Jonathan Arons , D. C. Backer , Anatoly Spitkovsky , V. M. Kaspi

The double pulsar system, PSR J0737-3039A/B, is unique in that both neutron stars are detectable as radio pulsars. This, combined with significantly higher mean orbital velocities and accelerations when compared to other binary pulsars,…

In 2004, McLaughlin et al. discovered a phenomenon in the radio emission of PSR J0737-3039B (B) that resembles drifting sub-pulses. The repeat rate of the sub-pulses is equal to the spin frequency of PSR J0737-3039A (A); this led to the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 P. C. C. Freire , N. Wex , M. Kramer , D. R. Lorimer , M. A. McLaughlin , I. H. Stairs , R. Rosen , A. G. Lyne

We have examined the interstellar scintillations of the pulsars in the double pulsar binary system. Near the time of the eclipse of pulsar A by the magnetosphere of B, the scintillations from both pulsars should be highly correlated because…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 W. A. Coles , M. A. McLaughlin , B. J. Rickett , A. G. Lyne , N. D. R. Bhat

The system PSR J0737-3039 is the only binary pulsar known to consist of two radio pulsars (PSR J0737-3039 A and PSR J0737-3039 B). This unique configuration allows measurements of spin orientation for both pulsars: pulsar A's spin is tilted…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 Will M. Farr , Kyle Kremer , Maxim Lyutikov , Vassiliki Kalogera

Continued observations of the Double Pulsar, PSR J0737-3039A/B, consisting of two radio pulsars (A and B) that orbit each other with a period of 2.45hr in a mildly eccentric (e=0.088) binary system, have led to large improvements in the…

The double pulsar system PSR J0737-3039A/B is a highly relativistic double neutron star (DNS) binary, with a 2.4-hour orbital period. The low mass of the second-formed NS, as well the low system eccentricity and proper motion, point to a…

We report the discovery during the Parkes Multibeam Pulsar Survey of PSR J1756-2251, a 28.5 ms pulsar in a relativistic binary system. Subsequent timing observations showed the pulsar to have an orbital period of 7.67 hrs and an…

The Double Pulsar, PSR J$0737$$-$$3039$A/B, is a unique system in which both neutron stars have been detected as radio pulsars. As shown in Ferdman et al., there is no evidence for pulse profile evolution of the A pulsar, and the geometry…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 B. B. P. Perera , C. Kim , M. A. McLaughlin , R. D. Ferdman , M. Kramer , I. H. Stairs , P. C. C. Freire , A. Possenti

We describe results derived from thirty years of observations of PSR B1913+16. Together with the Keplerian orbital parameters, measurements of the relativistic periastron advance and a combination of gravitational redshift and time dilation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. M. Weisberg , J. H. Taylor

We argue that eclipses of radio emission from the millisecond pulsar A in the double pulsar system J0737-3039 are due to synchrotron absorption by plasma in the closed field line region of the magnetosphere of its normal pulsar companion B.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Roman R. Rafikov , Peter Goldreich

Recent timing observations of the double pulsar J0737-3039A/B have shown that its transverse velocity is extremely low, only 10 km/s, and nearly in the Plane of the Galaxy. With this new information, we rigorously re-examine the history and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 I. H. Stairs , S. E. Thorsett , R. J. Dewey , M. Kramer , C. A. McPhee

The double pulsar system J0737-3039 is not only a test bed for General Relativity and theories of gravity, but also provides a unique laboratory for probing the relativistic winds of neutron stars. Recent X-ray observations have revealed a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Chatterjee , B. M. Gaensler , A. Melatos , W. F. Brisken , B. W. Stappers

We present updated analyses of pulse profiles and their arrival-times from PSR B1534+12, a 37.9-ms radio pulsar in orbit with another neutron star. A high-precision timing model is derived from twenty-two years of timing data, and accounts…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 E. Fonseca , I. H. Stairs , S. E. Thorsett

Double pulsar systems offer unrivaled advantages for the study of both astrophysics and fundamental physics. But only one has been visible: PSR J0737$-$3039; and its component pulsar B has now rotated out of sight due to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-17 Yuyang Wang , Joeri van Leeuwen