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Eclipsing millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are a type of pulsar binaries with close orbits ($\lesssim1.0\,$d). They are important objects for studying the accretion history of neutron stars (NSs), pulsar winds, and the origin of isolated MSPs,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-23 Yunlang Guo , Bo Wang , Xiangdong Li , Dongdong Liu , Wenshi Tang

We report the discovery of the first millisecond pulsar with a pulsating white dwarf companion. Following the recent discoveries of pulsations in extremely low-mass (ELM, <0.3 Msol) white dwarfs (WDs), we targeted ELM WD companions to two…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Mukremin Kilic , J. J. Hermes , A. Gianninas , Warren R. Brown

It is believed that the radio pulsars rotating at spin periods of about 30 millisecond or even lower got such high spins through the transfer of angular momentum by accreting matter from their binary companions (or past companions) in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-28 Arpita Choudhary

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 report observed and derived timing parameters for three millisecond pulsars (MSPs) from observations collected with the Parkes 64-m telescope, Murriyang. The pulsars were found during re-processing of archival survey data by Mickaliger…

We present the first X-ray observations of three recently discovered millisecond pulsars (MSPs) with interesting characteristics: PSR J0337+1715, PSR J0636+5129, and PSR J0645+5158. PSR J0337+1715 is a fast-spinning, bright, and so-far…

Binary millisecond pulsars (MSPs) provide several opportunities for research of fundamental physics. However, finding them can be challenging. Several subdwarf B (sdB) binary systems with possible neutron star companions have been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-22 L. C. Oostrum , J. van Leeuwen , Y. Maan , T. Coenen , C. H. Ishwara-Chandra

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…

We report a detailed analysis of the orbital properties of binary millisecond pulsar (MSP) with a white dwarf (WD) companion. Positive correlations between the orbital period $P_{\rm b}$ and eccentricity $\epsilon$ are found in two classes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-05 C. Y. Hui , Kinwah Wu , Qin Han , A. K. H. Kong , P. H. T. Tam

We report on multi-band photometric observations of four binary millisecond pulsars with the Gran Telescopio Canarias. The observations led to detection of binary companions to PSRs J1630+3734, J1741+1351 and J2042+0246 in the Sloan g', r'…

The study of binary millisecond pulsars (MSPs) in globular clusters (GCs) is a key ingredient to study binary and stellar evolution under extreme conditions. In this context, an accurate analysis of the optical emission, which is mostly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-14 Greta Ettorre , Emanuele Dalessandro , Mario Cadelano , Cristina Pallanca , Paulo C. C. Freire , Alessandro Ridolfi

We used ultra-deep UV observations obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope to search for optical companions to binary millisecond pulsars (MSPs) in the globular cluster 47 Tucanae. We identified four new counterparts (to MSPs 47TucQ,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-14 M. Cadelano , C. Pallanca , F. R. Ferraro , M. Salaris , E. Dalessandro , B. Lanzoni , P. C. C. Freire

In a search with the Parkes radio telescope of 56 unidentified Fermi-LAT gamma-ray sources, we have detected 11 millisecond pulsars (MSPs), 10 of them discoveries, of which five were reported in Kerr et al. (2012). We did not detect radio…

We report the phase-connected timing ephemeris, polarization pulse profiles, Faraday rotation measurements, and Rotating-Vector-Model (RVM) fitting results of twelve millisecond pulsars (MSPs) discovered with the Five-hundred-meter Aperture…

A unified strategy is developed that can be used to search for millisecond pulsars (MSPs) with ~solar mass companions (including neutron star companions in double neutron star binaries [DNSBs]) belonging to both very short period binaries,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 John Middleditch

We report on the discovery of the companion star to the millisecond pulsar J1342+2822B in the globular cluster M3. We exploited a combination of near-ultraviolet and optical observations acquired with the Hubble Space Telescope in order to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-17 M. Cadelano , F. R. Ferraro , A. G. Istrate , C. Pallanca , B. Lanzoni , P. C. C. Freire

Binary millisecond pulsars with a massive white dwarf (WD) companion are intermediate-mass binary pulsars (IMBPs). They are formed via the Case BB Roche-lobe overflow evolution channel if they are in compact orbits with an orbital period of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-03 Z. L. Yang , J. L. Han , T. Wang , P. F. Wang , W. Q. Su , W. C. Chen , C. Wang , D. J. Zhou , Y. Yan , W. C. Jing , N. N. Cai , L. Xie , J. Xu , H. G. Wang , R. X. Xu

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 have conducted a search for pulsar companions to 15 low-mass white dwarfs (LMWDs; M < 0.4 M_Sun) at 820 MHz with the NRAO Green Bank Telescope (GBT). These LMWDs were spectroscopically identified in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS),…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Marcel A. Agueros , Fernando Camilo , Nicole M. Silvestri , S. J. Kleinman , Scott F. Anderson , James W. Liebert

PSR J0636+5128 is a millisecond pulsar in one of the most compact pulsar binaries known, with a 96\,min orbital period. The pulsar mass function suggests a very low-mass companion, similar to that seen in so-called "black widow" binaries.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-05 D. L. Kaplan , K. Stovall , M. H. van Kerkwijk , C. Fremling , A. G. Istrate
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