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We report the detection of a possible gamma-ray counterpart of the accreting millisecond pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658. The analysis of ~6 years of data from the Large Area Telescope on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (Fermi-LAT) within…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-27 E. de Ona Wilhelmi , A. Papitto , J. Li , N. Rea , D. F. Torres , L. Burderi , T. Di Salvo , R. Iaria , A. Riggio , A. Sanna

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

Pulsar binaries, in particular redback systems, provide good sources to study the pulsar wind flow and its interaction with the companion stars. {\it Fermi}-LAT have proposed probable pulsar binary candidates in its catalogs. To identify…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-14 Partha Sarathi Pal , P. H. T. Tam , Weitang Liang , Chengye Cao , K. L. Li , C. Y. Hui , A. K. H. Kong

We are monitoring established and putative redback millisecond pulsars (MSPs) in time-series photometry, repeatedly covering their 5-6 hr orbital light curves in $r^{\prime}$ or $R$. On timescales of months, PSR J1048+2339 and XMMU…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-24 Patricia B. Cho , Jules P. Halpern , Slavko Bogdanov

We report on the \textit{Fermi}-LAT observations of the Geminga pulsar, the second brightest non-variable GeV source in the $\gamma$-ray sky and the first example of a radio-quiet $\gamma$-ray pulsar. The observations cover one year, from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-13 LAT Collaboration , A. A. Abdo

We present the discovery of the variable optical and X-ray counterparts to the radio millisecond pulsar (MSP) PSR J1306-40, recently discovered by Keane et al. We find that both the optical and X-ray fluxes are modulated with the same…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-29 Manuel Linares

Black widows are extreme millisecond pulsar binaries where the pulsar wind ablates their low-mass companion stars. Their optical light curves vary periodically due to the high irradiation and tidal distortion of the companion, which allows…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-22 D. Mata Sánchez , M. R. Kennedy , C. J. Clark , R. P. Breton , V. S. Dhillon , G. Voisin , F. Camilo , S. Littlefair , T. R. Marsh , J. Stringer

We present optical photometric and spectroscopic observations of the likely stellar counterpart to the unassociated \emph{Fermi}-Large Area Telescope (LAT) $\gamma$-ray source 2FGL J0846.0+2820, selected for study based on positional…

The Low-Frequency Array radio telescope discovered the $707$ Hz binary millisecond pulsar (MSP) J0952$-$0607 in a targeted radio pulsation search of an unidentified $\textit{Fermi}$ gamma-ray source. This source shows a weak energy flux of…

The gamma-ray binary 1FGL J1018.6-5856 consists of an O6V((f)) type star and an unknown compact object, and shows orbitally modulated emission from radio to very high energy gamma rays. The X-ray light curve shows a maximum around the same…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-07-06 B. van Soelen , S. Mc Keague , D. Malyshev , M. Chernyakova , N. Komin , N. Matchett , I. M. Monageng

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 have discovered five millisecond pulsars (MSPs) in a survey of 14 unidentified Fermi-LAT sources in the southern sky using the Parkes radio telescope. PSRs J0101-6422, J1514-4946, and J1902-5105 reside in binaries, while PSRs J1658-5324…

Spider pulsars continue to provide promising candidates for neutron star mass measurements. Here we present the discovery of PSR~J1910$-$5320, a new millisecond pulsar discovered in a MeerKAT observation of an unidentified…

We report on the timing observations of the millisecond pulsar PSR J2055+3829 originally discovered as part of the SPAN512 survey conducted with the Nan\c{c}ay Radio Telescope. The pulsar has a rotational period of 2.089 ms, and is in a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-11 L. Guillemot , F. Octau , I. Cognard , G. Desvignes , P. C. C. Freire , D. A. Smith , G. Theureau , T. H. Burnett

PSR J1905+0154A is a binary millisecond pulsar located in the globular cluster (GC) NGC 6749. It was discovered in 2004 in a search for pulsars in GCs carried out with the Arecibo 305-m radio telescope. The pulsar has a spin period of 3.2…

We present an analysis of high energy (HE; 0.1-300 GeV) gamma-ray observations of 1FGL J1227.9-4852 with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, follow-up radio observations with the Australia Telescope Compact Array, Giant Metrewave Radio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-11-27 A. B. Hill , A. Szostek , S. Corbel , F. Camilo , R. H. D. Corbet , R. Dubois , G. Dubus , P. G. Edwards , E. C. Ferrara , M. Kerr , E. Koerding , D. Kozieł , Ł. Stawarz

We report on the results of deep X-ray follow-up observations of four unidentified Fermi/LAT gamma-ray sources at high Galactic latitudes using Suzaku. The studied objects were detected with high significance during the first 3 months of…

We report optical observations of the millisecond pulsar binary system PSR J1622-0315 with the Lulin 1m telescope in Taiwan and the Lijiang 2.4m telescope in China between 2019 and 2021. The companion of the pulsar, which is of V~19 mag,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-26 Y. X. Jane Yap , Albert Kong , Kwan Lok Li

We present a multiwavelength study of the unidentified Fermi gamma-ray source 0FGL J1830.3+0617, which exhibits variability above 200 MeV on timescales of days to weeks. Within the Fermi 95% confidence error contour lies B1827+0617, a radio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-08-12 N. Mirabal , J. P. Halpern

Recently, there has been renewed interest in the Be X-ray binary (Be/XRB) SAX J1324.4-6200 because of its spatial coincidence with a gamma-ray source detected by Fermi/LAT. To explore more thoroughly its properties, new observations were…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-22 L. Ducci , E. Bozzo , M. Burgay , C. Malacaria , A. Ridolfi , P. Romano , M. M. Serim , S. Vercellone , A. Santangelo