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We report on Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) hard X-ray observations of the young rotation-powered radio pulsar PSR B1509$-$58 in the supernova remnant MSH 15$-$52. We confirm the previously reported curvature in the hard…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-03 Ge Chen , Hongjun An , Victoria M. Kaspi , Fiona A. Harrison , Kristin K. Madsen , Daniel Stern

We describe time-tagged observations of the Vela pulsar (PSR B0833-45) with the HST STIS MAMA-UV detectors. Using an optimal extraction technique, we obtain a NUV light curve and crude FUV phase-resolved spectra. The pulse is dominated by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Roger W. Romani , Oleg Kargaltsev , George G. Pavlov

We report mid-UV (MUV) observations taken with HST/WFC3, Swift/UVOT and GALEX/NUV of the transitional millisecond pulsars XSS J12270-4859 and PSR J1023+0038 during their radio pulsar states. Both systems were detected in our images and…

The study of high-magnetic-field pulsars is important for examining the relationships between radio pulsars, magnetars, and X-ray-isolated neutron stars (XINSs). Here we report on X-ray observations of three such high-magnetic-field radio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-09-18 S. A. Olausen , W. W. Zhu , J. K. Vogel , V. M. Kaspi , A. G. Lyne , C. M. Espinoza , B. W. Stappers , R. N. Manchester , M. A. McLaughlin

We observed the gamma-ray pulsar Geminga with the HST STIS/MAMA detectors to measure the Geminga's UV spectrum and pulsations. The slope of the far-UV (FUV) spectrum is close to that of a Rayleigh-Jeans spectrum, suggesting that the FUV…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 O. Y. Kargaltsev , G. G. Pavlov , V. E. Zavlin , R. W. Romani

We have carried out a sensitive search for young pulsars associated with supernova remnants using the 76-m Lovell radio telescope at Jodrell Bank. The observations were made at 606 MHz using a system with a bandwidth of 8 MHz and a set…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. R. Lorimer , A. G. Lyne , F. Camilo

PSR J1357$-$6429 is a young and energetic radio pulsar detected in X-rays and $\gamma$-rays. It powers a compact pulsar wind nebula with a jet visible in X-rays and a large scale plerion detected in X-ray and TeV ranges. Previous…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-11 A. Kirichenko , Yu. Shibanov , P. Shternin , S. Johnston , M. A. Voronkov , A. Danilenko , D. Barsukov , D. Lai , D. Zyuzin

We observed the middle-aged radio pulsar 0656+14 with a CCD detector at the 6-m telescope. Broadband BVRI images show the following magnitudes of the pulsar counterpart: B = 24.85 (+0.19, -0.16), V = 24.90 (+0.16, -0.14), R = 24.52 (+0.12,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-03 V. G. Kurt , V. V. Sokolov , S. V. Zharikov , G. G. Pavlov , B. V. Komberg

We report on the discovery of the companion star to the millisecond pulsar J1631+3627F in the globular cluster M13. By means of a combination of optical and near-UV high-resolution observations obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope, we…

We present 35 ks Chandra ACIS observations of the 42 Myr old radio pulsar PSR B1451-68. A point source is detected 0.32" +/- 0.73" from the expected radio pulsar position. It has ~200 counts in the 0.3-8 keV energy range. We identify this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 B. Posselt , G. G. Pavlov , R. N. Manchester , O. Kargaltsev , G. P. Garmire

Pulsars traveling at supersonic speeds are often accompanied by cometary bow shocks seen in Halpha. We report on the first detection of a pulsar bow shock in the far-ultraviolet (FUV). We detected it in FUV images of the nearest millisecond…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-09 Blagoy Rangelov , George G. Pavlov , Oleg Kargaltsev , Martin Durant , Andrei M. Bykov , Alexandre Krassilchtchikov

Optical observations of pulsars are crucial to study the neutron star properties, from the structure and composition of the interior, to the properties and geometry of the magnetosphere. Historically, X and gamma-ray observations have paved…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 R. P. Mignani , A. Shearer , A. De Luca , P. Moran , S. Collins , M. Marelli

We present the description and initial results of the TRAPUM (TRAnsients And PUlsars with MeerKAT) search for pulsars associated with supernova remnants (SNRs), pulsar wind nebulae and unidentified TeV emission. The list of sources to be…

PSR J1641+8049 is a 2 ms black widow pulsar with the 2.2 h orbital period detected in the radio and $\gamma$-rays. We performed new phase-resolved multi-band photometry of PSR J1641+8049 using the OSIRIS instrument at the Gran Telescopio…

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

We present phase-connected timing ephemerides, polarization pulse profiles and Faraday rotation measurements of 12 pulsars discovered by the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) in the Commensal Radio Astronomy FAST…

NICER observed several rotation-powered millisecond pulsars to search for or confirm the presence of X-ray pulsations. When broad and sine-like, these pulsations may indicate thermal emission from hot polar caps at the magnetic poles on the…

PSR J1357$-$6429 is a young radio pulsar that was detected in X-rays and $\gamma$-rays. We present the high spatial resolution near-infrared imaging of the pulsar field in $J$, $H$ and $K_s$ bands obtained with the VLT/NaCo using the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-19 D. Zyuzin , S. Zharikov , Yu. Shibanov , A. Danilenko , R. E. Mennickent , A. Kirichenko

We report on the detection of pulsations in the far ultraviolet (hereafter FUV) light curves of PG1219+534, PG1605+072, and PG1613+426 obtained with the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) in time-tagged mode (TTAG). Exposures of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Kuassivi , A. Bonanno , R. Ferlet

We report on a series of spectroscopic observations of PSR J1311-3430, an extreme black-widow gamma-ray pulsar with a helium-star companion. In a previous study we estimated the neutron star mass as M_NS= 2.68+/-0.14M_Sun (statistical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Roger W. Romani , Alexei V. Filippenko , S. Bradley Cenko