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We have discovered a new candidate redback millisecond pulsar binary near the center of the error ellipse of the bright unassociated Fermi-LAT $\gamma$-ray source 4FGL J0940.3-7610. The candidate counterpart is a variable optical source…

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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…

We present a multi-wavelength study of the unassociated Fermi-LAT source, 3FGL J0954.8-3948, which is likely the gamma-ray counterpart of a 9.3-hour binary in the field. With more than 9 years of Pass 8 LAT data, we updated the gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-29 Kwan-Lok Li , Xian Hou , Jay Strader , Jumpei Takata , Albert K. H. Kong , Laura Chomiuk , Samuel J. Swihart , Chung Yue Hui , K. S. Cheng

We report on gamma-ray orbital modulation of the transitioning millisecond pulsar binary XSS J12270-4859 detected in the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) data. We use long-term optical data taken with the XMM-Newton Optical Monitor and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-26 Hongjun An

We observed the field of the Fermi source 3FGL J0838.8-2829 in optical and X-rays, initially motivated by the cataclysmic variable (CV) 1RXS J083842.1-282723 that lies within its error circle. Several X-ray sources first classified as CVs…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-04-05 Jules P. Halpern , Slavko Bogdanov , John R. Thorstensen

We present the orbital solution for the donor star of the candidate transitional millisecond pulsar 3FGL J1544.6-1125, currently observed as an accreting low-mass X-ray binary. The orbital period is $0.2415361(36)$ days, entirely consistent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-01 Christopher T. Britt , Jay Strader , Laura Chomiuk , Evangelina Tremou , Mark Peacock , Jules Halpern , Ricardo Salinas

We present optical time-resolved multi-band photometry of the black widow binary millisecond pulsar J2052+1219 using direct-imaging observations with the 2.1m telescope of Observatorio Astronomico Nacional San Pedro Martir, Mexico…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-02 S. Zharikov , A. Kirichenko , D. Zyuzin , Yu. Shibanov , J. S. Deneva

We report the identification of the likely X-ray and optical counterpart to the unassociated Fermi source 4FGL J2249.4+6229. To clarify its nature, we investigate the X-ray data from Swift/XRT and SRG/eROSITA as well as photometric data…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-22 A. V. Karpova , D. A. Zyuzin , S. V. Zharikov , M. R. Gilfanov

Gamma-ray binaries are stellar systems containing a neutron star or black hole with gamma-ray emission produced by an interaction between the components. These systems are rare, even though binary evolution models predict dozens in our…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-02-16 The Fermi LAT Collaboration , M. J. Coe , F. Di Mille , P. G. Edwards , M. D. Filipović , J. L. Payne , J. Stevens , M. A. P. Torres

We report the optical identification of the companion to the {\it Fermi} black widow millisecond pulsar PSR J1544+4937. We find a highly variable source on Keck LRIS images at the nominal pulsar position, with 2 magnitude variations over…

We present the discovery of a new optical/X-ray source likely associated with the Fermi $\gamma$-ray source 4FGL J1408.6-2917. Its high-amplitude periodic optical variability, large spectroscopic radial velocity semi-amplitude, evidence for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-04 Samuel J. Swihart , Jay Strader , Laura Chomiuk , Elias Aydi , Kirill V. Sokolovsky , Paul S. Ray , Matthew Kerr

The Fermi Large Area Telescope gamma-ray source 3FGL J2039.6$-$5618 contains a periodic optical and X-ray source that was predicted to be a "redback" millisecond pulsar (MSP) binary system. However, the conclusive identification required…

Observations with the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) of the gamma-ray source 4FGL J1702.7-5655, previously classified as a candidate millisecond pulsar, show highly-significant modulation at a period of 0.2438033 days (~ 5.85 hours).…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-17 R. H. D. Corbet , L. Chomiuk , J. B. Coley , G. Dubus , P. G. Edwards , N. Islam , V. A. McBride , J. Stevens , J. Strader , S. J. Swihart , L. J. Townsend

We present the discovery of a likely new redback millisecond pulsar binary associated with the \emph{Fermi} $\gamma$-ray source 4FGL J2333.1--5527. Using optical photometric and spectroscopic observations from the SOAR telescope, we…

We present an optical, X-ray, and $\gamma$-ray study of 1SXPS J042749.2-670434, an eclipsing X-ray binary which has an associated $\gamma$-ray counterpart, 4FGL J0427.8-6704. This association has led to the source being classified as a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-22 M. R. Kennedy , R. P. Breton , C. J. Clark , V. S. Dhillon , M. Kerr , D. A. H. Buckley , S. B. Potter , D. Mata Sánchez , J. G. Stringer , T. R. Marsh

We report the identification from multi-wavelength observations of the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) source 4FGL J1405.1-6119 (= 3FGL J1405.4-6119) as a high-mass gamma-ray binary. Observations with the LAT show that gamma-ray emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-06 R. H. D. Corbet , L. Chomiuk , M. J. Coe , J. B. Coley , G. Dubus , P. G. Edwards , P. Martin , V. A. McBride , J. Stevens , J. Strader , L. J. Townsend

We present the study of multi-wavelength observations of an unidentified Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) source, 4FGL J1910.7-5320, a new candidate redback millisecond pulsar binary. In the 4FGL 95% error region of 4FGL J1910.7-5320, we…

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…

Context. Two millisecond pulsars, PSR J1513$-$2550 and PSR J2017$-$1614, with spin periods of about 2.1 and 2.3 ms were recently discovered in the radio and $\gamma$-rays and classified as black widow pulsars in tight binary stellar systems…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-24 A. V. Bobakov , A. Yu. Kirichenko , S. V. Zharikov , A. V. Karpova , D. A. Zyuzin , Yu. A. Shibanov , R. E. Mennickent , D. Garcia-Álvarez

We report the detection of orbital modulation, a model solution, and X-ray properties of a newly discovered contact binary, 2MASS J11201034$-$2201340. We serendipitously found this X-ray point source outside the error ellipse when searching…