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We report the discovery of two binary millisecond pulsars in the core-collapsed globular cluster M30 using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) at 20 cm. PSR J2140-2310A (M30A) is an eclipsing 11-ms pulsar in a 4-hr circular orbit and PSR…

(abridged) In this work we present the results of one year of upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope timing measurements of PSR~J0514$-$4002A, a 4.99-ms pulsar in a 18.8-day, eccentric ($e \, =\, 0.89$) orbit with a massive companion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-02 Alessandro Ridolfi , Paulo C. C. Freire , Yashwant Gupta , Scott M. Ransom

We present the discovery of 24 pulsars in 15 Globular Clusters (GCs) using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST). These include the first pulsar discoveries in M2, M10, and M14. Most of the new systems are either…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-21 Zhichen Pan , Lei Qian , Xiaoyun Ma , Kuo Liu , Lin Wang , Jintao Luo , Zhen Yan , Scott Ransom , Duncan Lorimer , Di Li , Peng Jiang

We report the discovery of a binary millisecond pulsar (namely PSR J1641+3627F or M13F) in the globular cluster M13 (NGC 6205) and timing solutions of M13A to F using observations made with the Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical radio…

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…

(abridged) PSR J1903+0327, a millisecond pulsar in an eccentric (e = 0.44) 95-day orbit with a (~ 1Msun) companion poses a challenge to our understanding of stellar evolution in binary and multiple-star systems. Here we describe optical and…

Millisecond pulsars are thought to be neutron stars that have been spun-up by accretion of matter from a binary companion. Although most are in binary systems, some 30% are solitary, and their origin is therefore mysterious. PSR J1719-1438,…

We present timing and orbital phase-resolved polarimetry of the millisecond pulsar (MSP) J2101$-$4802, having a spin period of 9.48~ms and dispersion measure (DM) $25.05\ \mathrm{pc\ cm^{-3}}$ discovered with the Giant Meter Radio Telescope…

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

We present the discovery of three pulsars in the Globular Cluster (GC) M15 (NGC 7078) by the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST). PSR J2129+1210J (M15J) is a millisecond pulsar with a spin period of 11.84 ms and a…

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

In a search of the unidentified Fermi gamma-ray source 3FGL J1417.5-4402 with the Parkes radio telescope, we discovered PSR J1417-4402, a 2.66 ms pulsar having the same 5.4 day orbital period as the optical and X-ray binary identified by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-23 F. Camilo , J. E. Reynolds , S. M. Ransom , J. P. Halpern , S. Bogdanov , M. Kerr , P. S. Ray , J. M. Cordes , J. Sarkissian , E. D. Barr , E. C. Ferrara

We report the discovery of PSR J1909-3744, a 2.95 millisecond pulsar in a nearly circular 1.53 day orbit. Its narrow pulse width of 43 microseconds allows pulse arrival times to be determined with great accuracy. We have spectroscopically…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 B. A. Jacoby , M. Bailes , M. H. van Kerkwijk , S. Ord , A. Hotan , S. R. Kulkarni , S. B. Anderson

We report the first wideband monitoring observations of PSR J1803-3002A, a relatively bright millisecond pulsar in the globular cluster NGC 6522 with a spin period of 7.1 ms and no known binary companion. These observations were performed…

We present the discovery of 5 millisecond pulsars found in the mid-Galactic latitude portion of the High Time Resolution Universe (HTRU) Survey. The pulsars have rotational periods from ~2.3 to ~7.5 ms, and all are in binary systems with…

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

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 D. R. Lorimer

The first eclipsing binary pulsar, PSR B1957+20, was discovered in 1987. Since then, 13 other eclipsing low-mass binary pulsars have been found, 12 of these are in globular clusters. In this paper we list the known eclipsing binary pulsars…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Paulo C. C. Freire

The recent discovery of a population of eccentric (e ~ 0.1) millisecond pulsar (MSP) binaries with low-mass white dwarf companions in the Galactic field represents a challenge to evolutionary models that explain MSP formation as recycling:…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-21 E. D. Barr , P. C. C. Freire , M. Kramer , D. J. Champion , M. Berezina , C. G. Bassa , A. G. Lyne , B. W. Stappers

By January 2025, 60 pulsars were discovered by the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope globular cluster (GC) pulsar survey (GC FANS), with spin periods spanning 1.98 ms to 3960.72 ms. Of these, 55 are millisecond pulsars…

Observations show that globular clusters might be among the best places to find millisecond pulsars. However, the globular cluster Terzan 6 seems to be an exception without any pulsar discovered, although its high stellar encounter rate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-03 Shi-Jie Gao , Yi-Xuan Shao , Pei Wang , Ping Zhou , Xiang-Dong Li , Lei Zhang , Joseph W. Kania , Duncan R. Lorimer , Di Li