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We report on the discovery of a transient X-ray pulsars, located in the Small Magellanic Cloud, with a pulse period of 292 s. A series of Chandra pointings fortuitously recorded in 2010 April-May the occurrence of a two-weeks-long outburst,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-08-06 P. Esposito , G. L. Israel , L. Sidoli , G. A. Rodríguez Castillo , N. Masetti , P. D'Avanzo , S. Campana

We report new simultaneous X-ray and radio continuum observations of 3FGL J0427.9-6704, a candidate member of the enigmatic class of transitional millisecond pulsars. These XMM-Newton and Australia Telescope Compact Array observations of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-10 Kwan-Lok Li , Jay Strader , James C. A. Miller-Jones , Craig O. Heinke , Laura Chomiuk

We present a Chandra X-ray Observatory investigation of the millisecond pulsars (MSPs) in the globular cluster M28 (NGC 6626). In what is one of the deepest X-ray observations of a globular cluster, we firmly detect seven and possibly…

Transitional millisecond pulsars (tMSPs) represent a dynamic category of celestial sources that establish a crucial connection between low-mass X-ray binaries and millisecond radio pulsars. These systems exhibit transitions from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-20 M. M. Messa , P. D'Avanzo , F. Coti Zelati , M. C. Baglio , S. Campana

Globular clusters host a variety of lower-luminosity ($L_X<10^{35}$ erg s$^{-1}$) X-ray sources, including accreting neutron stars and black holes, millisecond pulsars, cataclysmic variables, and chromospherically active binaries. In this…

We report on searches of the globular cluster Terzan 5 for low luminosity and accelerated radio pulsars using the 64-m Parkes radio telescope. One new millisecond pulsar, designated PSR J1748-2446C, was discovered, having a period of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A G Lyne , S H Mankelow , J F Bell , R N Manchester

CXOU J110926.4-650224 is a candidate transitional millisecond pulsar (tMSP) with X-ray and radio emission properties reminiscent of those observed in confirmed tMSPs in their X-ray 'subluminous' disc state. We present the results of…

Weakly magnetic, millisecond spinning neutron stars attain their very fast rotation through a 1E8-1E9 yr long phase during which they undergo disk-accretion of matter from a low mass companion star. They can be detected as accretion-powered…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-22 F. Ambrosino , A. Papitto , L. Stella , F. Meddi , P. Cretaro , L. Burderi , T. Di Salvo , G. L. Israel , A. Ghedina , L. Di Fabrizio , L. Riverol

We observed the nearby, low-density globular cluster M71 (NGC 6838) with the Chandra X-ray Observatory to study its faint X-ray populations. Five X-ray sources were found inside the cluster core radius, including the known eclipsing binary…

In 2003 a previously unpulsed Einstein and ROSAT source cataloged as soft and dim (Lx of few 10^33 ergs) thermal emitting object, namely XTE J1810-197, was identified as the first unambiguous transient Anomalous X-ray Pulsar. Two years…

We present a 10-year X-ray light curve and the spectra of a peculiar X-ray transient in the spiral galaxy M81. The source was below the detection limit of ROSAT PSPC before 1993, but it brightened substantially in 1993, with luminosities…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Kajal Ghosh , Douglas Swartz , Allyn Tennant , Kinwah Wu

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

Terzan 5 is a rich globular cluster within the galactic bulge that contains 39 known millisecond pulsars, the largest known population of any globular cluster. The Terzan 5 pulsars are faint, so that individual observations of most of the…

We report on a Chandra Director's Discretionary Time observation of the globular cluster Terzan 5, carried out ~7 weeks after the cessation of the 2010 outburst of the newly discovered transiently accreting 11 Hz X-ray pulsar. We detect a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 N. Degenaar , R. Wijnands

Transitional millisecond pulsars (tMSPs) have emerged in the last decade as a unique class of neutron stars at the crossroads between accretion- and rotation-powered phenomena. In their (sub-luminous) accretion disk state, with X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-17 Manuel Linares , Barbara De Marco , Rudy Wijnands , Michiel van der Klis

Medium-timescale (minutes to hours) radio transients are a relatively unexplored population. The wide field-of-view and high instantaneous sensitivity of instruments such as MeerKAT provides an opportunity to probe this class of sources,…

The low mass X-ray binary (LMXB) IGR J17480-2446 in the globular cluster Terzan 5 harbors an 11 Hz accreting pulsar. This is the first object discovered in a globular cluster with a pulsar spinning at such low rate. The accreting pulsar is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 A. Patruno , M. A. Alpar , M. van der Klis , E. P. J. van den Heuvel

We report the detection of steady radio emission from the known X-ray source X9 in the globular cluster 47 Tuc. With a double-peaked C IV emission line in its ultraviolet spectrum providing a clear signature of accretion, this source had…

Variability studies represent a powerful tool to assess the emission mechanism(s) at work in the quiescent state of transient low mass X-ray binaries. Here we report on Chandra and XMM-Newton observations of two well known transient…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sergio Campana

We report the discovery of the transient ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) CXOU J122602.3+125951 (hereafter M86 tULX-1), located 3'52" (19 kpc) northwest of the centre of the giant elliptical galaxy M86 (NGC 4406) in the Virgo Cluster. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-05 Lennart M. van Haaften , Thomas J. Maccarone , Katherine L. Rhode , Arunav Kundu , Stephen E. Zepf