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With a collecting area of 70 000 m^2, the Five hundred metre Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) will allow for great advances in pulsar astronomy. We have performed simulations to estimate the number of previously unknown pulsars FAST will…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 R. Smits , D. R. Lorimer , M. Kramer , R. Manchester , B. Stappers , C. J. Jin , R. D. Nan , D. Li

A striking aspect of the radio profiles of many millisecond pulsars (MSPs) is that they consist of components separated from each other by regions lacking in emission. We devise a technique for determining "disjoint" from "contiguous"…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-18 Michael Kramer , Simon Johnston

Despite its importance to our understanding of physics at supranuclear densities, the equation of state (EoS) of matter deep within neutron stars remains poorly understood. Millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are among the most useful astrophysical…

We review the properties and applications of binary and millisecond pulsars. Our knowledge of these exciting objects has greatly increased in recent years, mainly due to successful surveys which have brought the known pulsar population to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-23 D. R. Lorimer

NGC 6316 is a poorly studied, distant, and massive globular cluster (GC) with prominent gamma-ray emission detected via the \textit{Fermi} Large Area Telescope (LAT). Based on gamma-ray spectral studies, NGC 6316 is expected to host tens of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-09 Deven Bhakta , Scott M. Ransom , Megan DeCesar , Shi Dai

We compute and apply the minimum spanning tree (MST) of the binary millisecond pulsar population, and discuss aspects of the known phenomenology of these systems in this context. We find that the MST effectively separates different classes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-18 C. R. García , G. Illiano , D. F. Torres , A. Papitto , F. Coti Zelati , D. de Martino , A. Patruno

Millisecond pulsars (MSPs) and normal non-recycled pulsars are both detected in $\gamma$-rays. However, it appears that a much larger fraction of known energetic and nearby MSPs are detected in $\gamma$-rays, in comparison with normal…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 L. Guillemot , T. M. Tauris

According to the recycling model, neutron stars in low-mass X-ray binaries were spun up to millisecond pulsars (MSPs), which indicates that all MSPs in the Galactic plane ought to be harbored in binaries. However, about $20\%$ Galactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-15 Long Jiang , Na Wang , Wen-Cong Chen , Xiang-Dong Li , Wei-Min Liu , Zhi-Fu Gao

Quasi-periodic MicroPulses (QMP) are quasi-periodic microstructural features manifested in individual pulsar radio pulses, the study of which is crucial for understanding pulsar radiation mechanisms. Manual identification of QMP in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-23 Shidong Wang , Hui Liu , Ru-Shuang Zhao , Baoqiang Lao , Yong-Kun Zhang , Y. F. Xiao , Pei Wang , Di Li , R. W. Tian , Z. F. Tu , Q. Zhou , Z. J. Zhang , Qijun Zhi , Shijun Dang , Kun Yang

Using LOFAR, we have performed a very-low-frequency (115-155 MHz) radio survey for millisecond pulsars (MSPs). The survey targeted 52 unidentified Fermi $\gamma$-ray sources. Employing a combination of coherent and incoherent dedispersion,…

Binary millisecond pulsars (MSPs) provide several opportunities for research of fundamental physics. However, finding them can be challenging. Several subdwarf B (sdB) binary systems with possible neutron star companions have been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-22 L. C. Oostrum , J. van Leeuwen , Y. Maan , T. Coenen , C. H. Ishwara-Chandra

This paper presents the discovery and timing parameters for five millisecond pulsars (MSPs), four in binary systems with probable white dwarf companions and one isolated, found in ongoing processing of the High Time Resolution Universe…

Millisecond pulsars, with magnetic fields weaker by three to four orders compared to those of ordinary pulsars, are presumed to be neutron stars spun up by binary accretion. We expect the magnetic field to get screened by the accreted…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Arnab Rai Choudhuri , Sushan Konar

An interesting new high-energy pulsar sub-population is emerging following early discoveries of gamma-ray millisecond pulsars (MSPs) by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). We present results from 3D emission modeling, including the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 C. Venter , A. K. Harding , L. Guillemot

We report the most recent progress in understanding the emission properties of millisecond pulsars.

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Kramer , K. M. Xilouris

Millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are prolific GeV $\gamma\text{-ray}$ emitters, and nearly 80\% of Fermi-LAT MSPs reside in compact binaries. We demonstrate that the companions in these compact MSPs binaries are also 511 keV annihilation line…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-05 Zachary Metzler , Zorawar Wadiasingh

Globular clusters produce orders of magnitude more millisecond pulsars per unit mass than the Galactic disk. Since the first cluster pulsar was uncovered twenty years ago, at least 138 have been identified - most of which are binary…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Scott M. Ransom

Millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are mainly characterised by their spin periods, B-fields and masses - quantities which are largely affected by previous interactions with a companion star in a binary system. In this paper, we investigate the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-30 Thomas M. Tauris , Norbert Langer , Michael Kramer

Pulse profile stability in millisecond pulsars (MSPs) is a key factor in achieving high-precision timing essential for detecting nanohertz gravitational waves with Pulsar Timing Arrays (PTAs). In this work, we present a systematic analysis…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-17 Ankita Ghosh , Bhaswati Bhattacharyya , Rahul Sharan , Patrick Weltevrede , Jayanta Roy , Sangita Kumari

The recycling model suggested that low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) could evolve into binary millisecond pulsars (BMSPs). In this work, we attempt to investigate the progenitor properties of BMSPs formed by the recycling evolutionary…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 Wei-Min Liu , Wen-Cong Chen