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We report on diffuse X-ray emission associated with the nearby solitary millisecond pulsar PSR J2124-3358 detected with XMM-Newton and Chandra. The emission extends from the pulsar to the northwest by ~0.5 arcmin. The spectrum of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 C. Y. Hui , W. Becker

We present the results of deep, high-resolution, multi-band optical observations of the field of the young (~ 5,000 yrs) 16 ms X-ray pulsar PSR J0537$-$6910 performed with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard the Hubble Space…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. P. Mignani , L. Pulone , G. Iannicola , G. G. Pavlov , L. Townsley , O. Y. Kargaltsev

We report on a search for optical pulsations from PSR J0337+1715 at its observed radio pulse period. PSR J0337+1715 is a millisecond pulsar (2.7 ms spin period) in a triple hierarchical system with two white dwarfs, and has a known optical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-06 M. J. Strader , A. M. Archibald , S. R. Meeker , P. Szypryt , A. B. Walter , J. C. van Eyken , G. Ulbricht , C. Stoughton , B. Bumble , D. L. Kaplan , B. A. Mazin

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…

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

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 analysis of the first deep optical observations of three isolated $\gamma$-ray pulsars detected by the {\em Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope}: the radio-loud PSR\, J0248+6021 and PSR\, J0631+1036, and the radio-quiet PSR\,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-09-07 R. P. Mignani , N. Rea , V. Testa , M. Marelli , A. De Luca , M. Pierbattista , A. Shearer , D. F. Torres , E. De Ona Wilhelmi

We study optical counterparts of a new-born pulsar in a double neutron star system like PSR J0737-3039A/B. This system is believed to eject a small amount of mass of $\mathcal{O}(0.1M_{\odot})$ at the second core-collapse supernova. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-16 Kenta Hotokezaka , Kazumi Kashiyama , Kohta Murase

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

The clock-like properties of pulsars moving in the gravitational fields of their unseen neutron-star companions have allowed unique tests of general relativity and provided evidence for gravitational radiation. We report here the detection…

We report on the first X-ray observation of the 0.28 s isolated radio pulsar PSR J1154--6250 obtained with the XMM-Newton observatory in February 2018. A point-like source is firmly detected at a position consistent with that of PSR…

The 840 kyr old pulsar PSR J1957+5033, detected so far only in $\gamma$- and X-rays, is a nearby and rather cool neutron star with a temperature of 0.2--0.3 MK, a distance of $\la$1 kpc, and a small colour reddening excess $E(B-V) \approx…

Using observations made with the XMM-Newton Observatory, we report the probable X-ray detection of the high-magnetic-field radio pulsar PSR J1734-3333. This pulsar has an inferred surface dipole magnetic field of B = 5.2e13 G, just below…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-12-16 S. A. Olausen , V. M. Kaspi , A. G. Lyne , M. Kramer

Binary radio pulsar system J0737-3039 provides an exceptional opportunity to study innermost structure of pulsar magnetospheres due to very tight orbit, favorable directions of pulsars' rotation and magnetic axes and extremely fortuitous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Maxim Lyutikov

The binary J0737-3039 A & B includes two pulsars in a highly relativistic orbit. The pulsed radio flux from pulsar B brightens considerably during two portions of each orbit. This phenomenon cannot be naturally triggered by the illumination…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Bing Zhang , Abraham Loeb

We report on the XMM-Newton observation of the Be/neutron star X-ray binary system RX J0146.9+6121, a long period (~ 23 m) pulsar in the NGC 663 open cluster. The X-ray luminosity decreased by a factor two compared to the last observation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Nicola La Palombara , Sandro Mereghetti

We report the detection of the millisecond pulsar B1257+12 with the Chandra X-ray Observatory. In a 20 ks exposure we detected 25 photons from the pulsar, with energies between 0.4 and 2.0 keV, corresponding to the flux F_X=(4.4+/-…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 G. G. Pavlov , O. Kargaltsev , G. P. Garmire , A. Wolszczan

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…

Recent XMM-Newton and Chandra observations of the high mass X-ray binary LS 5039 / RX J1826.2-1450 caught the source in a faint X-ray state. In contrast with previous RXTE observations, we fail to detect any evidence of iron line emission.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Martocchia , C. Motch , I. Negueruela

One interesting method of constraining the dense matter Equations of State is to measure the advancement of the periastron of the orbit of a binary radio pulsar (when it belongs to a double neutron star system). There is a great deal of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-04 Manjari Bagchi , Jishnu Dey , Sushan Konar , Gour Bhattacharya , Mira Dey