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We present a search for new spider pulsar candidates through multi-wavelength cross-matching, including $\gamma$-ray, X-ray, and optical data. A search for sinusoidal-like optical modulations in TESS data of 183 eROSITA X-ray sources…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-18 Xiaoqing Liang , Partha Sarathi Pal , P. H. Thomas Tam , Rishank Diwan , Wen-Jun Huang

We aim to investigate the nature of time-variable X-ray sources detected in the {\it XMM-Newton} serendipitous survey. The X-ray light curves of objects in the {\it XMM-Newton} serendipitous survey were searched for variability and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-08 A. B. Mason , A. J. Norton , J. S. Clark , S. A. Farrell , A. J. Gosling

Typical radio pulsars are magnetized neutron stars that are born rapidly rotating and slow down as they age on time scales of 10 to 100 million years. However, millisecond radio pulsars spin very rapidly even though many are billions of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Deepto Chakrabarty , Edward H. Morgan

We report identification of the optical counterpart to the companion of the millisecond pulsar J2317+1439. At the timing position of the pulsar, we find an object with $g=22.96\pm0.05$, $r=22.86\pm0.04$ and $i=22.82\pm0.05$. The magnitudes…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-28 S. Dai , M. C. Smith , S. Wang , S. Okamoto , R. X. Xu , Y. L. Yue , J. F. Liu

We present the results of our study of the X-ray pulsar IGR J21343+4738 based on NuSTAR, Swift, and SRG observations in the wide energy range 0.3 - 79 keV. The absence of absorption features in the energy spectra of the source, both…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-30 A. S. Gorban , S. V. Molkov , A. A. Lutovinov , A. N. Semena

We present the results obtained from timing and spectral studies of the newly discovered accreting X-ray binary pulsar Swift J0243.6+6124 using a NuSTAR observation in 2017 October at a flux level of ~280 mCrab. Pulsations at 9.85423(5) s…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-30 Gaurava K. Jaisawal , Sachindra Naik , J. Chenevez

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 report the discovery of one possible neutron star binary ($P_{\rm orb} =$ 0.8666 day) by using the LAMOST low-resolution spectroscopic data. The visible companion is a late A-type dwarf ($T_{\rm eff} = 7900 \pm 200$ K; log$g$ $=$…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-06 Hailong Yuan , Song Wang , Zhongrui Bai , Yue Wang , Yiqiao Dong , Mengxin Wang , Sicheng Yu , Yongheng Zhao , Yaoquan Chu , Jifeng Liu , Haotong Zhang

Over the last few years, the number of known eclipsing radio millisecond pulsar systems in the Galactic field has dramatically increased, with many being associated with Fermi gamma-ray sources. All are in tight binaries (orbital period <…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Mallory S. E. Roberts

Time-resolved observations of a 6' x 6' field, containing the position error boxes of the X-ray source 1WGA J1958.2+3232, were performed in June 1999 with the 91 cm Catania telescope, equipped with a Photon Counting Intensified CCD. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Uslenghi , P. Bergamini , S. Catalano , L. Tommasi , A. Treves

Symbiotic X-ray binaries form a subclass of low-mass X-ray binary systems consisting of a neutron star accreting material from a red giant donor star via stellar wind or Roche lobe overflow. Only a few confirmed members are currently known;…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 A. A. Nucita , S. Stefanelli , F. De Paolis , N. Masetti , G. Ingrosso , M. Del Santo , L. Manni

We report on the discovery of a new X-ray pulsator, Swift J201424.9+152930 (Sw J2014). Owing to its X-ray modulation at 491 s, it was discovered in a systematic search for coherent signals in the archival data of the Swift X-ray Telescope.…

We present the discovery of a variable optical counterpart to the unidentified gamma-ray source 3FGL J0212.1+5320, and argue this is a new compact binary millisecond pulsar (MSP) candidate. We show 3FGL J0212.1+5320 hosts a semi-detached…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-11 Manuel Linares , Paulo Miles-Páez , Pablo Rodríguez-Gil , Tariq Shahbaz , Jorge Casares , Cecilia Fariña , Raine Karjalainen

We observed the newly discovered X-ray source Swift J053041.9-665426 in the X-ray and optical regime to confirm its proposed nature as a high mass X-ray binary. We obtained XMM-Newton and Swift X-ray data, along with optical observations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 G. Vasilopoulos , P. Maggi , F. Haberl , R. Sturm , W. Pietsch , E. S. Bartlett , M. J. Coe

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

RX J0806.3+1527 is a candidate double degenerate binary with possibly the shortest known orbital period. The source shows an 100% X-ray intensity modulation at the putative orbital frequency of 3.11 mHz (321.5 s). If the system is a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Tod E. Strohmayer

We report the detection of 376.05 Hz (2.66 ms) coherent X-ray pulsations in NICER observations of a transient outburst of the low-mass X-ray binary IGR J17494-3030 in 2020 October/November. The system is an accreting millisecond X-ray…

We report a discovery of a new long-period X-ray pulsar SRGA J204318.2+443815/SRGe J204319.0+443820 in the Be binary system. The source was found in the second all-sky survey by the Mikhail Pavlinsky telescope on board the SRG mission. The…

PSR J1306--40 is a millisecond pulsar binary with a non-degenerate companion in an unusually long $\sim$1.097 day orbit. We present new optical photometry and spectroscopy of this system, and model these data to constrain fundamental…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-01 Samuel J. Swihart , Jay Strader , Laura Chomiuk , Laura Shishkovsky

We report the discovery of the orbital period of the ultracompact low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) 4U 1543-624 using time-resolved optical photometry taken with the 6.5-m Clay (Magellan II) telescope in Chile. The light curve in the Sloan r'…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Z. Wang , D. Chakrabarty