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The energetic, eclipsing millisecond pulsar J1816+4510 was recently discovered in a low-frequency radio survey with the Green Bank Telescope. With an orbital period of 8.7 hr and minimum companion mass of 0.16 Msun it appears to belong to…

We present low-resolution spectroscopy of newly-discovered candidate companions to three stars in the Solar Neighbourhood. All three companions are M dwarfs, with spectral types ranging from M4 to M9.5. In two cases, G85-55`B' (M6) and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 J. Davy Kirkpatrick , James Liebert , K. L. Cruz , J. E. Gizis , I. Neill Reid

We present the spectroscopic orbits of eleven nearby, mid-to-late M dwarf binary systems in a variety of configurations: two single-lined binaries (SB1s), seven double-lined binaries (SB2s), one double-lined triple (ST2), and one…

We report the possible optical identification of the companion to the eclipsing millisecond pulsar PSR J1740-5340 in the globular cluster NGC 6397. A bright variable star with an anomalous red colour and optical variability which nicely…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Francesco R. Ferraro , Andrea Possenti , Nichi D'Amico , Elena Sabbi

We searched for radio pulsations from the potential neutron star binary companions to subdwarf B stars HE 0532-4503, HE 0929-0424, TON S 183 and PG 1232-136. Optical spectroscopy of these subdwarfs has indicated they orbit a companion in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 Thijs Coenen , Joeri van Leeuwen , Ingrid H. Stairs

We report on Keck optical BVRI images and spectroscopy of the companion of the binary millisecond pulsar PSR J0218+4232. A faint bluish (V=24.2, B-V=0.25) counterpart is observed at the pulsar location. Spectra of this counterpart reveal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 C. G. Bassa , M. H. van Kerkwijk , S. R. Kulkarni

We report the discovery of two binary systems, each consisting of a slightly bloated G-type main-sequence star and an unseen companion, identified through photometric data from TESS and radial velocity variation from Gaia. High-resolution…

AIMS: Using Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) data and previous optical and near-infrared sky surveys, we try to identify still missing stellar and substellar neighbours of the Sun. METHODS: When checking the brightest red WISE…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Ralf-Dieter Scholz

We report our analysis of the Fermi Large Area Telescope data for 39 millisecond pulsars (MSPs) listed in the second $\gamma$-ray pulsar catalog. Spectra of the pulsars are obtained. We fit the spectra with a function of a power law with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-09 Yi Xing , Zhongxiang Wang

Gravitationally bound three-body systems have been studied for hundreds of years and are common in our Galaxy. They show complex orbital interactions, which can constrain the compositions, masses, and interior structures of the bodies and…

The Galactic Center is host to a population of extraordinary radio filaments, thin linear structures that trace out magnetic field lines running perpendicular to the Galactic plane. Using Murriyang, the 64 m Parkes radio telescope, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-08 Marcus E. Lower , Shi Dai , Simon Johnston , Ewan D. Barr

We search for stellar and substellar companions of young nearby stars to investigate stellar multiplicity and formation of stellar and substellar companions. We detect common proper-motion companions of stars via multi-epoch imaging. Their…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. Eisenbeiss , A. Seifahrt , M. Mugrauer , T. O. B. Schmidt , R. Neuhaeuser , T. Roell

We report the discovery of the binary millisecond pulsar J0514-4002A, which is the first known pulsar in the globular cluster NGC 1851 and the first pulsar discovered using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT). The pulsar has a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Paulo C. Freire , Yashwant Gupta , Scott M. Ransom , C. H. Ishwara-Chandra

We analyze photometry and spectra of the "redback" millisecond pulsar binary J2339$-$0533. These observations include new measurements from Keck and GROND, as well as archival measurements from the OISTER, WIYN, SOAR, and HET telescopes.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-04 D. Kandel , Roger W. Romani , Alexei V. Filippenko , Thomas G. Brink , WeiKang Zheng

PSR J1640+2224 is a binary millisecond pulsar (BMSP) with a white dwarf (WD) companion. Recent observations indicate that the WD is very likely to be a $\sim 0.7\,M_{\odot}$ CO WD. Thus the BMSP should have evolved from an intermediate-mass…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-25 Zhu-Ling Deng , Zhi-Fu Gao , Xiang-Dong Li , Yong Shao

We report the results of pulsar searches in ten globular clusters using the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope. One new binary millisecond pulsar has been discovered in NGC 5986 with P=2.6 ms, P_orb=1.3 d, and a minimum companion mass of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-06-13 Ryan S. Lynch , Scott M. Ransom

We present the discovery of the variable optical counterpart to PSR J2055+1545, a redback millisecond pulsar, and the first radial velocity curve of its companion star. The multi-band optical light curves of this system show a $0.4$$-$$0.6…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-20 Marco Turchetta , Bidisha Sen , Jordan A. Simpson , Manuel Linares , Rene P. Breton , Jorge Casares , Mark R. Kennedy , Tariq Shahbaz

PSR J1928+1815 is a 10.55 ms millisecond pulsar in a 3.6 hr orbit with a massive ($1.0$-$1.6\,M_{\odot}$) companion that produces extended radio eclipses. The companion, proposed to be a stripped helium star, is undetected in optical and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-07 Pranav Nagarajan , Kareem El-Badry , Jim Fuller , Yunlang Guo , Thomas M. Tauris

About 100 millisecond (ms) pulsars have been identified in the Galaxy, and only ~10% of them are solitary, i.e. without a binary companion. Nothing is known on the optical emission properties of millisecond pulsars. Observations of solitary…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Roberto P. Mignani , Werner Becker

Low-mass white dwarfs (LMWDs) are believed to be exclusive products of binary evolution, as the Universe is not yet old enough to produce them from single stars. Because of the strong tidal forces operating during the binary interaction…

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