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We have studied the variability of the black-widow type binary millisecond pulsar PSR J1311$-$3430 from optical to gamma-ray energies. We confirm evidence for orbital modulation in the weak off-pulse $\ge$200-MeV emission, with a peak at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-06 Hongjun An , Roger W. Romani , Tyrel Johnson , Matthew Kerr , Colin J. Clark

We present the first time resolved medium resolution optical spectroscopy of the recently identified peculiar Intermediate Polar (IP) 1RXSJ154814.5-452845, which allows us to precisely determine the binary orbital period…

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We report the Fermi Large Area Telescope discovery of gamma-ray pulsations from the 22.7 ms pulsar A in the double pulsar system J0737-3039A/B. This is the first mildly recycled millisecond pulsar (MSP) detected in the GeV domain. The 2.7 s…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 L. Guillemot , M. Kramer , T. J. Johnson , H. A. Craig , R. W. Romani , C. Venter , A. K. Harding , R. D. Ferdman , I. H. Stairs , M. Kerr

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…

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has revolutionized our knowledge of the gamma-ray pulsar population, leading to the discovery of almost 100 gamma-ray pulsars and dozens of gamma-ray millisecond pulsars (MSPs). Although the outer-gap…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 A. K. H. Kong , R. H. H. Huang , K. S. Cheng , J. Takata , Y. Yatsu , C. C. Cheung , D. Donato , L. C. C. Lin , J. Kataoka , Y. Takahashi , K. Maeda , C. Y. Hui , P. H. T. Tam

About one third of the 3033 $\gamma$-ray sources in the Third Fermi-LAT Gamma-ray Source Catalogue (3FGL) are unidentified and do not have even a tentative association with a known object, hence they are defined as unassociated. Among…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-28 D. Salvetti , R. P. Mignani , A. De Luca , M. Marelli , C. Pallanca , A. A. Breeveld , P. Husemann , A. Belfiore , W. Becker , J. Greiner

We present timing solutions for eight binary millisecond pulsars (MSPs) discovered by searching unidentified Fermi-LAT source positions with the 327 MHz receiver of the Arecibo 305-m radio telescope. Five of the pulsars are "spiders" with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-10 J. S. Deneva , P. S. Ray , F. Camilo , P. C. C. Freire , H. T. Cromartie , S. M. Ransom , E. Ferrara , M. Kerr , T. H. Burnett , P. M. Saz Parkinson

We report on the discovery of \geq 100 MeV {\gamma} rays from the binary system PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 using the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board Fermi. The system comprises a radio pulsar in orbit around a Be star. We report on LAT…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-06-30 A. A. Abdo , Fermi LAT Collaboration , M. Chernyakova , A. Neronov , E. Grundstrom , the Fermi Pulsar Timing Consortium

We present the main results obtained from the COmpact BInary Pulsar search in the low-LAtitude NEighborhood (COBIPLANE), an optical photometric survey designed to find new `spider' binary millisecond pulsars. We conducted observations…

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V1388 Ori is an early-B type detached eclipsing binary whose physical properties have previously been measured from dedicated spectroscopy and a ground-based survey light curve. We reconsider the properties of the system using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-19 John Southworth , Dominic M. Bowman

Redback pulsars are a subclass of millisecond pulsar system with a low-mass non-degenerate companion star being ablated by the pulsar. They are of interest due to the insights they can provide for late-stage pulsar evolution during the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-19 O. A. Johnson , E. F. Keane , D. J. McKenna , H. Qiu , S. J. Swihart , J. Strader , M. McLaughlin

We present multiwavelength observations of the persistent Fermi-LAT unidentified gamma-ray source 1FGL J1417.7-4407, showing it is likely to be associated with a newly discovered X-ray binary containing a massive neutron star (nearly 2…

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…

We report the discovery of ZTF J2243+5242, an eclipsing double white dwarf binary with an orbital period of just $8.8$ minutes, the second known eclipsing binary with an orbital period less than ten minutes. The system likely consists of…

Using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), we have discovered PSR J0514-4002A, a binary millisecond pulsar in the globular cluster NGC 1851. This pulsar has a rotational period of 4.99 ms and the most eccentric pulsar orbit yet…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. C. C. Freire , Y. Gupta , S. M. Ransom , C. H. Ishwara-Chandra

We report the discovery of PSR J1555-2908, a 1.79 ms radio and gamma-ray pulsar in a 5.6 hr binary system with a minimum companion mass of 0.052 $M_\odot$. This fast and energetic ($\dot E = 3 \times 10^{35}$ erg/s) millisecond pulsar was…

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

Three periastron passages of the PSR B1259$-$63/LS 2883 binary system, consisting of a 48 ms rotation-powered pulsar and a $\sim30$ M$_{\odot}$ Be star, have been observed by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-15 T. J. Johnson , K. S. Wood , M. Kerr , R. H. D. Corbet , C. C. Cheung , P. S. Ray , N. Omodei

Time-series, multi-color photometry and high-resolution spectra of the short period eclipsing binary V Tri were obtained by observations. The completely covered light and radial velocity curves of the binary system are presented. All times…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-24 A. B. Ren , X. B. Zhang , J. N. Fu , Y. P. Zhang , T. Q. Cang , L. Fox-Machado , C. Q. Li , P. Khokhuntod , Y. P. Luo

We present optical photometric and spectroscopic observations of the likely stellar counterpart to the unassociated \emph{Fermi}-Large Area Telescope (LAT) $\gamma$-ray source 2FGL J0846.0+2820, selected for study based on positional…