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We report Bayesian inference of the mass, radius and hot X-ray emitting region properties - using data from the Neutron Star Interior Composition ExploreR (NICER) - for the brightest rotation-powered millisecond X-ray pulsar PSR…

Observing simultaneously pulsed radio and gamma-ray emission from these stars helps to constrain the geometry and radiation mechanisms within their magnetosphere and to localize the multiple photon production sites. In this paper, we fit…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-20 J. Pétri , D. Mitra

Many millisecond pulsars are thought to be old neutron stars spun up (`recycled') during an earlier accretion phase. They typically have relatively weak ($\lesssim 10^{9} \text{ G}$) dipole field strengths, consistent with accretion-induced…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-21 Arthur G. Suvorov , Andrew Melatos

Transitional millisecond pulsars are systems that alternate between an accreting low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) state, and a non-accreting radio pulsar state. When at the LMXB state, their X-ray and optical light curves show rapid flares and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-27 Pasi Hakala , Jari J. E. Kajava

NICER observations of millisecond pulsars (MSPs) suggest that non-dipolar magnetic fields are required to explain their surface X-ray hotspots. C. Kalapotharakos et al. (2021) modeled the NICER light curve of MSP J0030+0451 (J0030) using a…

Several important properties of rotation-powered millisecond pulsars (MSPs), such as their mass-radius ratio, equation of state and magnetic field topology, can be inferred from precise observations and modelling of their X-ray light…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-08 Federico Carrasco , Joaquin Pelle , Oscar Reula , Daniele Viganò , Carlos Palenzuela

We observed the nearby 100$\%$-duty-cycle radio pulsar B0950+08 using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST). We obtained the polarization profile for its entire rotation, which enabled us to investigate its…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-23 Zhengli Wang , Jiguang Lu , Jinchen Jiang , Shunshun Cao , Kejia Lee , Enwei Liang , Lunhua Shang , Renxin Xu , Weiwei Zhu

We present ULTRACAM multiband optical photometry of two transitional millisecond pulsars, PSR J1023+0038 and PSR J1227$-$4853, taken while both were in their radio pulsar states. The light curves show significant asymmetry about the flux…

In the double pulsar system PSR J0737-3039A/B the strong wind produced by pulsar A distorts the magnetosphere of pulsar B. The influence of these distortions on the orbital-dependent emission properties of pulsar B can be used to determine…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 B. B. P. Perera , D. Lomiashvili , K. N. Gourgouliatos , M. A. McLaughlin , M. Lyutikov

Four neutron star radius measurements have already been obtained by modeling the X-ray pulses of rotation-powered millisecond pulsars observed by the Neutron Star Interior Composition ExploreR (NICER). We report here the radius measurement…

We have conducted observations of 22 pulsars at frequencies of 0.7, 1.4 and 3.1 GHz and present their polarization profiles. The observations were carried out for two main purposes. First we compare the orientation of the spin and velocity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Simon Johnston , M. Kramer , A. Karastergiou , G. Hobbs , S. Ord , J. Wallman

A number of radio pulsars exhibit intriguing mode-switching behavior. Recent observations of PSR B0943+10 revealed correlated radio and X-ray mode switches, providing a new avenue for understanding this class of objects. The large X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Natalia I. Storch , Wynn C. G. Ho , Dong Lai , Slavko Bogdanov , Craig O. Heinke

We propose a model, which naturally explains an unusual thermal X-ray emission, observed from PSR J1119-6127. The model is based on the assumption that the pulsar magnetic field near the stellar surface differs significantly from the pure…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. I. Melikidze , J. Gil , A. Szary

Context. The dipole modes are the most common geometry of oscillations in roAp stars inferred from photometric measurements and are therefore of special interest for asteroseismic purposes. Aims. We present a theoretical and analytical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-10-06 L. Bigot , D. W. Kurtz

We report an updated analysis of the radius, mass, and heated surface regions of the massive pulsar PSR J0740+6620 using Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) data from 2018 September 21 to 2022 April 21, a substantial increase…

The long-standing assumption of symmetric radio emission beams from the two magnetic poles of pulsars is challenged by observational evidence of asymmetry and underfill. Direct testing of this symmetry remains difficult for most pulsars. As…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-01 Xiancong Wu , Hongguang Wang , Hao Tong , Rui Luo , Pengfei Wang , Chengbing Lyu , Hai Lei

Since the launch of the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope, several hundred gamma-ray pulsars have been discovered, some being radio-loud and some radio-quiet with time-aligned radio and gamma-ray light curves. In the second Fermi Pulsar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-17 O. Benli , J. Petri , Dipanjan Mitra

As one of the paradigm examples to probe into pulsar magnetospheric dynamics, PSR B0943+10 (J0946+0951) manifests representatively, showing mode switch, orthogonal polarization and subpulse drifting, frequently studied below 600 MHz. Here…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-19 Shunshun Cao , Jinchen Jiang , Jaroslaw Dyks , Longfei Hao , Kejia Lee , Zhixuan Li , Jiguang Lu , Zhichen Pan , Weiyang Wang , Zhengli Wang , Jiangwei Xu , Heng Xu , Renxin Xu

Despite the fact that pulsars have been observed for almost half a century, many questions have remained unanswered. We use the analysis of X-ray observations in order to study the polar cap region of radio pulsars. The size of the hot…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-04-19 Andrzej Szary

We have made polarimetric monitoring observations of millisecond pulsars visible from the northern hemisphere at 1410 MHz. Their emission properties are compared with those of normal pulsars. Although we demonstrated in paper I that…