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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 present a model for atmospheric wind circulation in binary millisecond pulsar (MSP) companions, showing how the optical light curve (LC) and radial velocities (RV) are sensitive to the wind flow, causing LC orbital phase shifts and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-08 D. Kandel , Roger W. Romani

Gamma-ray binaries are orbital modulated gamma-ray sources in the Galaxy detected both at GeV and TeV energies. The high-energy radiation may come from the interaction of energetic electrons injected by a young pulsar and photons from the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-12-21 B. Cerutti , G. Dubus , G. Henri

LS 5039 is one of the four TeV emitting X-ray binaries detected up to now. The powering source of its multi-wavelength emission can be accretion in a microquasar scenario or wind interaction in a young non-accreting pulsar scenario. These…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-04-14 J. Moldon , M. Ribo , J. M. Paredes , J. Marti , M. Massi

LS 5039 is one of the four TeV emitting X-ray binaries detected up to now. The powering source of its multi-wavelength emission can be accretion in a microquasar scenario or wind interaction in a young non-accreting pulsar scenario. These…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-25 J. Moldon , M. Ribo , Josep M. Paredes , J. Marti , M. Massi

The features of pulsed $\gamma$-ray emission from classical and millisecond pulsars indicate that the high energy radiation processes in their inner magnetospheres occur in a similar way. In the last decade several TeV $\gamma$-ray nebulae…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-12 W. Bednarek , J. Sitarek

Microquasars, the local siblings of extragalactic quasars, are binary systems comprising a compact object and a companion star. By accreting matter from their companions, microquasars launch powerful winds and jets, influencing the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-25 Jian Li , Diego F. Torres , Ruo-Yu Liu , Matthew Kerr , Emma de Ona Wilhelmi , Yang Su

A sub-population of energetic rotation-powered pulsars show high fluxes of pulsed non-thermal hard X-ray emission. While this MeV pulsar population includes some radio-loud pulsars like the Crab, a significant number have no detected radio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-08 Alice K. Harding , Constantinos Kalapotharakos

Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe) represent the most numerous population of TeV sources in our Galaxy. These sources, some of which emit very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-rays, are believed to be related to the young and energetic pulsars that power…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 A. Fernández-Barral , O. Blanch , A. Chatterjee , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , D. Fidalgo

Eclipsing pulsar binaries and binaries with a high mass companion are ideal systems for studying and understanding the properties of plasma in magneto-ionic environments. In this work, the first paper of a series, we present MeerKAT…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-03 Jaikhomba Singha , Dongzi Li , Marisa Geyer , Maciej Serylak , Federico Abbate , Senate Lekomola , Robert Main , Andrea Possenti , Amanda Weltman

In `spider' pulsars, the X-ray band is dominated by Intrabinary Shock (IBS) synchrotron emission. While the double-peaked X-ray light curves from these shocks have been well characterized in several spider systems (both black widows and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-08 Andrew G. Sullivan , Roger W. Romani

Diffuse TeV emission has been observed by H.E.S.S. in the Galactic Center region, in addition to the GeV gamma rays observed by Fermi. We propose that a population of unresolved millisecond pulsars located around the Galactic Center,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-08 Claire Guépin , Lucia Rinchiuso , Kumiko Kotera , Emmanuel Moulin , Tanguy Pierog , Joseph Silk

The wealth of detections of millisecond pulsars (MSPs) in $\gamma$-rays by {\em Fermi} has spurred searches for these objects among the several unidentified $\gamma$-ray sources. Interesting targets are a sub-class of binary MSPs, dubbed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-19 C. Braglia , R. P. Mignani , A. Belfiore , M. Marelli , G. L. Israel , G. Novara , A. De Luca , A. Tiengo , P. M. Saz Parkinson

The discovery of transitional millisecond pulsars (tMSPs) provided conclusive proof that neutron star (NS) low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) comprise part of the evolutionary pathway towards binary millisecond pulsars (MSPs). Redback and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-15 Amy H. Knight , Adam Ingram , Jakob van den Eijnden , Douglas J. K. Buisson , Lauren Rhodes , Matthew Middleton

We investigated the multiband emission from the pulsar binaries XSS J12270-4859, PSR J2039-5617, and PSR J2339-0533, which exhibit orbital modulation in the X-ray and gamma-ray bands. We constructed the sources' broadband spectral energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-06 Minju Sim , Hongjun An , Zorawar Wadiasingh

Millisecond pulsar (MSP) binaries are unique laboratories for studying matter and radiation under extreme conditions that are unattainable on Earth. Recent detections of optical millisecond pulsations from three systems in distinct…

The discovery of non-thermal X-ray emission from the jets of some X-ray binaries, and especially the discovery of GeV-TeV gamma-rays in some of them, provide a clear evidence of very efficient acceleration of particles to multi-TeV energies…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-01-26 J. M. Paredes , V. Zabalza

The X-ray and gamma-ray spectrum of rotation-powered millisecond pulsars is investigated in a model for acceleration and pair cascades on open field lines above the polar caps. Although these pulsars have low surface magnetic fields, their…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Alice K. Harding , Vladimir V. Usov , Alex G. Muslimov

Blazars are promising sources of extragalactic high-energy astrophysical neutrinos, detected at energies $\gtrsim 10$ TeV by the IceCube neutrino observatory. Here, we report the first-ever broadband timing and spectral study of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-05 Suvas Chandra Chaudhary , Saikat Das , Raj Prince , Brian van Soelen

After initial claims and a long hiatus, it is now established that several binary stars emit high (0.1-100 GeV) and very high energy (>100 GeV) gamma rays. A new class has emerged called 'gamma-ray binaries', since most of their radiated…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-09-06 Guillaume Dubus