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Transitional millisecond pulsars (tMSPs) represent a crucial link between the rotation-powered and accretion-powered states of binary pulsars. During their active X-ray state, tMSPs are the only low-mass X-ray binary systems detected up to…

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Transitional millisecond pulsars (tMSPs) in tight binary systems represent an important evolutionary link between low-mass X-ray binaries and radio millisecond pulsars. To date, only three confirmed tMSPs and a few candidates have been…

We have discovered a new X-ray emitting compact binary that is the likely counterpart to the unassociated Fermi-LAT GeV $\gamma$-ray source 4FGL J1120.0-2204, the second brightest Fermi source that still remains formally unidentified. Using…

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4FGL J0935.5+0901, a $\gamma$-ray source recently identified as a candidate redback-type millisecond pulsar binary (MSP), shows an interesting feature of having double-peaked emission lines in its optical spectrum. The feature would further…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-16 Dong Zheng , Zhong-Xiang Wang , Yi Xing , Jithesh Vadakkumthani

I present a 40 kilosecond Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) observation of the recently identified low-luminosity X-ray binary and transitional millisecond pulsar (tMSP) candidate 1RXS J154439.4-112820, which is associated with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-07-27 Slavko Bogdanov

We present X-ray, ultraviolet, and optical observations of 1RXS J154439.4-112820, the most probable counterpart of the unassociated Fermi LAT source 3FGL J1544.6-1125. The optical data reveal rapid variability, which is a feature of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-24 Slavko Bogdanov , Jules P. Halpern

4FGL J0935.3+0901 is a gamma-ray source detected by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope. We have conducted detailed analysis of the LAT data for this source and multi-wavelength studies of the source…

We report the discovery of two new Galactic accreting compact objects consistent with the respective positions of the unassociated Fermi-LAT gamma-ray sources 4FGL J0639.1--8009 and 4FGL J1824.2+1231. A combination of new and archival X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-17 Rebecca Kyer , Subhroja Roy , Jay Strader , Ryan Urquhart , Isabella Molina , Peter Craig , Laura Chomiuk

We present the most extensive high-time resolution multi-band campaign to date on the candidate transitional millisecond pulsar (tMSP) 3FGL J1544.6-1125 in the sub-luminous disk state, with coordinated observations from the radio to the…

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…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-24 Samuel J. Swihart , Jay Strader , Elias Aydi , Laura Chomiuk , Kristen C. Dage , Laura Shishkovsky

We report the discovery of an eclipsing low-mass X-ray binary at the center of the 3FGL error ellipse of the unassociated Fermi/Large Area Telescope gamma-ray source 3FGL J0427.9-6704. Photometry from OGLE and the SMARTS 1.3-m telescope and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-09 Jay Strader , Kwan-Lok Li , Laura Chomiuk , Craig O. Heinke , Andrzej Udalski , Mark Peacock , Laura Shishkovsky , Evangelia Tremou

We report optical photometric and SOAR spectroscopic observations of an X-ray source found within the localization error of the Fermi-LAT unidentified gamma-ray source J0523.5-2529. The optical data show periodic flux modulation and radial…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Jay Strader , Laura Chomiuk , Eda Sonbas , Kirill Sokolovsky , David J. Sand , Alexander S. Moskvitin , C. C. Cheung

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 report the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) detection of a $\gamma$-ray source at the position of SAX J1808.4$-$3658. This transient low-mass X-ray binary contains an accreting millisecond puslar, which is only seen during its month-long…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-02-04 Yi Xing , Zhongxiang Wang , V. Jithesh

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 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 have found an optical/X-ray counterpart candidate for the bright, but presently unidentified, Fermi source 2FGL J1311.7-3429. This counterpart undergoes large amplitude quasi-sinusoidal optical modulation with a 1.56h (5626s) period. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Roger W. Romani

We present multi-wavelength observations of the unassociated gamma-ray source 3FGL J2039.6-5618 detected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope. The source gamma-ray properties suggest that it is a pulsar, most likely a millisecond pulsar, for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-16 D. Salvetti , R. P. Mignani , A. De Luca , C. Delvaux , C. Pallanca , A. Belfiore , M. Marelli , A. A. Breeveld , J. Greiner , W. Becker , D. Pizzoccaro
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