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We present a detailed mathematical analysis of the Fourier response of binary pulsar signals whose frequencies are modulated by circular orbital motion. The fluctuation power spectrum of such signals is found to be \nu_orb-periodic over a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. Jouteux , R. Ramachandran , B. W. Stappers , P. Jonker , M. van der Klis

Spider millisecond pulsars are, along with some eclipsing post-common envelope systems and cataclysmic variables, part of an expanding category of compact binaries with low-mass companions for which puzzling timing anomalies have been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-12-10 Guillaume Voisin , René Breton , Charlotte Summers

Several redback and black widow millisecond pulsar binaries have episodes of flaring in X-rays and optical. We initially detected such behavior from the Fermi selected redback candidate 1FGL J0523.5$-$2529 during optical time-series…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-31 Jules P. Halpern , Karen I. Perez , Slavko Bogdanov

Large widefield surveys make possible the serendipitous discovery of rare sub-classes of pulsars. One such class are "spider"-type pulsar binaries, comprised of a pulsar in a compact orbit with a low-mass (sub)stellar companion. In a search…

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

Spider pulsars constitute a distinct subset within the domain of radio millisecond pulsars, divided further into the categories of black widows and redbacks. Evident across multiple wavelengths, these pulsars manifest periodic variations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-17 Chunyan Lu , Liangliang Ren , Jiamao Lin , Wenjun Huang , Hewen Yang , Pak-Hin Thomas Tam

We report the discovery of a 2.11 ms binary millisecond pulsar during a targeted search of the redback optical candidate coincident with the $\gamma$-ray source 3FGL J0212.5+5320 using the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-02 Karen I. Perez , Slavko Bogdanov , Jules P. Halpern , Vishal Gajjar

We present the discovery of a likely new redback millisecond pulsar binary associated with the \emph{Fermi} $\gamma$-ray source 4FGL J2333.1--5527. Using optical photometric and spectroscopic observations from the SOAR telescope, we…

We present the discovery and phase-coherent timing of four highly dispersed millisecond pulsars (MSPs) from the Arecibo PALFA Galactic plane survey: PSRs J1844+0115, J1850+0124, J1900+0308, and J1944+2236. Three of the four pulsars are in…

We have conducted a search of 19 southern Galactic globular clusters for sub-millisecond pulsars at 660 MHz with the Parkes 64-m radio telescope. To minimize dispersion smearing we used the CPSR baseband recorder, which samples the 20 MHz…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 R. T. Edwards , W. van Straten , M. Bailes

It is difficult to discover pulsars via their gamma-ray emission because current instruments typically detect fewer than one photon per million rotations. This creates a significant computing challenge for isolated pulsars, where the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-23 L. Nieder , B. Allen , C. J. Clark , H. J. Pletsch

Relativistic binary pulsars orbiting white dwarfs and neutron stars have already provided excellent tests of gravity. However, despite observational efforts, a pulsar orbiting a black hole has remained elusive. One possible explanation is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-05 Vishnu Balakrishnan , David Champion , Ewan Barr , Michael Kramer , V. Venkatraman Krishnan , Ralph P. Eatough , Rahul Sengar , Matthew Bailes

We describe a new and efficient technique which we call sideband or phase-modulation searching that allows one to detect short period binary pulsars in observations longer than the orbital period. The orbital motion of the pulsar during…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Scott M. Ransom , James M. Cordes , Stephen S. Eikenberry

We have searched for radio pulsations towards 49 Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) 1FGL Catalog $\gamma$-ray sources using the Green Bank Telescope at 350 MHz. We detected 18 millisecond pulsars (MSPs) in blind searches of the data; 10 of…

We present timing solutions for eight binary millisecond pulsars (MSPs) discovered by searching unidentified Fermi-LAT source positions with the 327 MHz receiver of the Arecibo 305-m radio telescope. Five of the pulsars are "spiders" with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-10 J. S. Deneva , P. S. Ray , F. Camilo , P. C. C. Freire , H. T. Cromartie , S. M. Ransom , E. Ferrara , M. Kerr , T. H. Burnett , P. M. Saz Parkinson

We present a multi-wavelength study of the unassociated Fermi-LAT source, 3FGL J0954.8-3948, which is likely the gamma-ray counterpart of a 9.3-hour binary in the field. With more than 9 years of Pass 8 LAT data, we updated the gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-29 Kwan-Lok Li , Xian Hou , Jay Strader , Jumpei Takata , Albert K. H. Kong , Laura Chomiuk , Samuel J. Swihart , Chung Yue Hui , K. S. Cheng

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…

About one third of the 3033 $\gamma$-ray sources in the Third Fermi-LAT Gamma-ray Source Catalogue (3FGL) are unidentified and do not have even a tentative association with a known object, hence they are defined as unassociated. Among…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-28 D. Salvetti , R. P. Mignani , A. De Luca , M. Marelli , C. Pallanca , A. A. Breeveld , P. Husemann , A. Belfiore , W. Becker , J. Greiner

Millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are faint X-ray sources commonly observed in Galactic globular clusters (GCs). In this work, we investigate 18 MSPs newly found in the GC Omega Centauri ($\omega$ Cen) and search for their X-ray counterparts using…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-26 Jiaqi Zhao , Craig O. Heinke

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