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Using the 1.3m and 2.4m telescopes of the MDM Observatory, we identified the close companions of two eclipsing millisecond radio pulsars discovered by the Green Bank Telescope in searches of Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope sources, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 Miao Li , Jules P. Halpern , John R. Thorstensen

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 the discovery of nine previously unknown gamma-ray pulsars in a blind search of data from the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). The pulsars were found with a novel hierarchical search method originally developed for detecting…

We report multi-wavelength observations of the unidentified Fermi object 2FGL J1653.6-0159. With the help of high-resolution X-ray observation, we have identified an X-ray and optical counterpart of 2FGL J1653.6-0159. The source exhibits a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 A. K. H. Kong , R. Jin , T. -C. Yen , C. P. Hu , C. Y. Hui , P. H. T. Tam , J. Takata , L. C. C. Lin , K. S. Cheng , S. M. Park , C. L. Kim

We performed deep observations to search for radio pulsations in the directions of 375 unassociated Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) gamma-ray sources using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) at 322 and 607 MHz. In this paper we…

Millisecond pulsars, old neutron stars spun-up by accreting matter from a companion star, can reach high rotation rates of hundreds of revolutions per second. Until now, all such "recycled" rotation-powered pulsars have been detected by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-11-27 H. J. Pletsch , L. Guillemot , H. Fehrmann , B. Allen , M. Kramer , C. Aulbert , M. Ackermann , M. Ajello , A. de Angelis , W. B. Atwood , L. Baldini , J. Ballet , G. Barbiellini , D. Bastieri , K. Bechtol , R. Bellazzini , A. W. Borgland , E. Bottacini , T. J. Brandt , J. Bregeon , M. Brigida , P. Bruel , R. Buehler , S. Buson , G. A. Caliandro , R. A. Cameron , P. A. Caraveo , J. M. Casandjian , C. Cecchi , Ö. Celik , E. Charles , R. C. G. Chaves , C. C. Cheung , J. Chiang , S. Ciprini , R. Claus , J. Cohen-Tanugi , J. Conrad , S. Cutini , F. D'Ammando , C. D. Dermer , S. W. Digel , P. S. Drell , A. Drlica-Wagner , R. Dubois , D. Dumora , C. Favuzzi , E. C. Ferrara , A. Franckowiak , Y. Fukazawa , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , N. Gehrels , S. Germani , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , M. Giroletti , G. Godfrey , I. A. Grenier , M. -H. Grondin , J. E. Grove , S. Guiriec , D. Hadasch , Y. Hanabata , A. K. Harding , P. R. den Hartog , M. Hayashida , E. Hays , A. B. Hill , X. Hou , R. E. Hughes , G. Johannesson , M. S. Jackson , T. Jogler , A. S. Johnson , W. N. Johnson , J. Kataoka , M. Kerr , J. Knödlseder , M. Kuss , J. Lande , S. Larsson , L. Latronico , M. Lemoine-Goumard , F. Longo , F. Loparco , M. N. Lovellette , P. Lubrano , F. Massaro , M. Mayer , M. N. Mazziotta , J. E. McEnery , J. Mehault , P. F. Michelson , W. Mitthumsiri , T. Mizuno , M. E. Monzani , A. Morselli , I. V. Moskalenko , S. Murgia , T. Nakamori , R. Nemmen , E. Nuss , M. Ohno , T. Ohsugi , N. Omodei , M. Orienti , E. Orlando , F. de Palma , D. Paneque , J. S. Perkins , F. Piron , G. Pivato , T. A. Porter , S. Raino , R. Rando , P. S. Ray , M. Razzano , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , T. Reposeur , S. Ritz , R. W. Romani , C. Romoli , D. A. Sanchez , P. M. Saz Parkinson , A. Schulz , C. Sgro , E. do Couto e Silva , E. J. Siskind , D. A. Smith , G. Spandre , P. Spinelli , D. J. Suson , H. Takahashi , T. Tanaka , J. B. Thayer , J. G. Thayer , D. J. Thompson , L. Tibaldo , M. Tinivella , E. Troja , T. L. Usher , J. Vandenbroucke , V. Vasileiou , G. Vianello , V. Vitale , A. P. Waite , B. L. Winer , K. S. Wood , M. Wood , Z. Yang , S. Zimmer

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 have searched 75 unidentified radio sources selected from the NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS) catalog for the presence of rapidly spinning pulsars and short, dispersed radio bursts. The sources are radio bright, have no identifications or…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Deborah Schmidt , Fronefield Crawford , Glen Langston , Claire Gilpin

The Fermi $\gamma$-ray source 1FGL J1417.7--4407 (J1417) is a compact X-ray binary with a neutron star primary and a red giant companion in a $\sim$5.4 day orbit. This initial conclusion, based on optical and X-ray data, was confirmed when…

The Fermi Large Area Telescope gamma-ray source 3FGL J2039.6$-$5618 contains a periodic optical and X-ray source that was predicted to be a "redback" millisecond pulsar (MSP) binary system. However, the conclusive identification required…

We report the discovery of two millisecond pulsars in a search for radio pulsations at the positions of \emph{Fermi Large Area Telescope} sources with no previously known counterparts, using the Nan\c{c}ay radio telescope. The two…

Milli-second pulsars (MSPs) are rapidly spinning neutron stars, with spin periods P_s <= 10 ms, which have been most likely spun up after a phase of matter accretion from a companion star. In this work we present the results of the search…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-30 V. Testa , R. P. Mignani , C. Pallanca , A. Corongiu , F. R. Ferraro

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 report our analysis of the Fermi Large Area Telescope data for 39 millisecond pulsars (MSPs) listed in the second $\gamma$-ray pulsar catalog. Spectra of the pulsars are obtained. We fit the spectra with a function of a power law with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-09 Yi Xing , Zhongxiang Wang

We propose a pulsar candidate cross matching algorithm to sift radio pulsar search candidates from repeated observations of the same sky location such as globular clusters, high energy sources, or supernova remnants. Our method uses both…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-12 Qiuyu Yu , Yujie Wang , Zhichen Pan , Zhongli Zhang , Lei Qian , Zhongzu Wu , Ralph P. Eatough , Dejiang Yin , Baoda Li , Yujie Chen , Yinfeng Dai , Yifeng Li

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

Globular clusters contain a unique pulsar population, with many exotic systems that can form only in their dense stellar environments. The leap in sensitivity of the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) in India, especially at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-09 T. Gautam , A. Ridolfi , P. C. C. Freire , R. S. Wharton , Y. Gupta , S. M. Ransom , L. S. Oswald , M. Kramer , M. E. DeCesar

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

Searches for millisecond pulsars (which we here loosely define as those with periods $<$ 20 ms) in the Galactic field have undergone a renaissance in the past five years. New or recently refurbished radio telescopes utilizing cooled…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 K. Stovall , D. R. Lorimer , R. S Lynch

We report the discovery of PSR J1555-2908, a 1.79 ms radio and gamma-ray pulsar in a 5.6 hr binary system with a minimum companion mass of 0.052 $M_\odot$. This fast and energetic ($\dot E = 3 \times 10^{35}$ erg/s) millisecond pulsar was…