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We apply the algorithm published by Liang et al. (2014) to describe the Double Pulsar system J0737$-$3039 and extract the sense of rotation of first born recycled pulsar PSR J0737$-$3039A. We find that this pulsar is rotating prograde in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-14 Nihan Pol , Maura McLaughlin , Michael Kramer , Ingrid Stairs , Benetge B. P. Perera , Andrea Possenti

We report the Fermi Large Area Telescope discovery of gamma-ray pulsations from the 22.7 ms pulsar A in the double pulsar system J0737-3039A/B. This is the first mildly recycled millisecond pulsar (MSP) detected in the GeV domain. The 2.7 s…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 L. Guillemot , M. Kramer , T. J. Johnson , H. A. Craig , R. W. Romani , C. Venter , A. K. Harding , R. D. Ferdman , I. H. Stairs , M. Kerr

We report on the discovery of PSR J1141-6545, a radio pulsar in an eccentric, relativistic 5-hr binary orbit. The pulsar shows no evidence for being recycled, having pulse period P = 394 ms, characteristic age tau_c = 1.4 x 10^6 yr, and…

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

We present results of more than three decades of timing measurements of the first known binary pulsar, PSR B1913+16. Like most other pulsars, its rotational behavior over such long time scales is significantly affected by small-scale…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-06-08 Joel M. Weisberg , David J. Nice , Joseph H. Taylor

Each of the two pulsars in the double pulsar PSR J0737-3039A/B system exhibits not only the pulses emanating from itself, but also displays modulations near the pulse period of the other. Freire et al. (2009, MNRAS, 396, 1764) have put…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-01 Zhu-Xing Liang , Yi Liang , Joel M. Weisberg

We discuss four recycled pulsars found in Arecibo drift-scan searches. PSR J1944+0907 has a spin period of 5.2 ms and is isolated. The 5.8-ms pulsar J1453+19 may have a low-mass companion. We discuss these pulsars in the context of isolated…

Recent timing observations of the double pulsar J0737-3039A/B have shown that its transverse velocity is extremely low, only 10 km/s, and nearly in the Plane of the Galaxy. With this new information, we rigorously re-examine the history and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 I. H. Stairs , S. E. Thorsett , R. J. Dewey , M. Kramer , C. A. McPhee

The double pulsar system, PSR J0737-3039A/B, is unique in that both neutron stars are detectable as radio pulsars. This, combined with significantly higher mean orbital velocities and accelerations when compared to other binary pulsars,…

(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…

The double pulsar PSR J0737-3039A/B consists of two neutron stars in a highly relativistic orbit that displays a roughly 30-second eclipse when pulsar A passes behind pulsar B. Describing this eclipse of pulsar A as due to absorption…

PSR J1713+0747 is a binary system comprising millisecond radio pulsar with a spin period of 4.57 ms, and a low-mass white dwarf (WD) companion orbiting the pulsar with a period of 67.8 days. Using the general relativistic Shapiro delay, the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Wen-Cong Chen , Jorge A. Panei

Double pulsar systems offer unrivaled advantages for the study of both astrophysics and fundamental physics. But only one has been visible: PSR J0737$-$3039; and its component pulsar B has now rotated out of sight due to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-17 Yuyang Wang , Joeri van Leeuwen

We present a long-term spectral monitoring of the unique Double Pulsar binary PSR J0737-3039 corresponding to two "Large Programs" performed by XMM-Newton in 2006 and 2011. Spectral variability of pulsar emission in soft X-rays is not…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-04-05 Elise Egron , Alberto Pellizzoni , Andy Pollock , Noemi Iacolina , Nazar Ikhsanov , Andrea Possenti , Marco Marongiu

Binary radio pulsar system J0737-3039 provides an exceptional opportunity to study innermost structure of pulsar magnetospheres due to very tight orbit, favorable directions of pulsars' rotation and magnetic axes and extremely fortuitous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Maxim Lyutikov

Eclipsing pulsar binaries and binaries with a high mass companion are ideal systems for studying and understanding the properties of plasma in magneto-ionic environments. In this work, the first paper of a series, we present MeerKAT…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-03 Jaikhomba Singha , Dongzi Li , Marisa Geyer , Maciej Serylak , Federico Abbate , Senate Lekomola , Robert Main , Andrea Possenti , Amanda Weltman

We present the results of a 50 ks long X-ray observation of the relativistic double pulsar system PSR J0737-3039 obtained with the XMM-Newton satellite in March 2004. The source has a soft spectrum (power law photon index = 3.5(+0.5,-0.3))…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Pellizzoni , A. De Luca , S. Mereghetti , A. Tiengo , F. Mattana , P. Caraveo , M. Tavani , G. F. Bignami

We present a study of PSR J1723-2837, an eclipsing, 1.86 ms millisecond binary radio pulsar discovered in the Parkes Multibeam survey. Radio timing indicates that the pulsar has a circular orbit with a 15 hr orbital period, a low-mass…

In 2004, McLaughlin et al. discovered a phenomenon in the radio emission of PSR J0737-3039B (B) that resembles drifting sub-pulses. The repeat rate of the sub-pulses is equal to the spin frequency of PSR J0737-3039A (A); this led to the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 P. C. C. Freire , N. Wex , M. Kramer , D. R. Lorimer , M. A. McLaughlin , I. H. Stairs , R. Rosen , A. G. Lyne

The binary J0737-3039 A & B includes two pulsars in a highly relativistic orbit. The pulsed radio flux from pulsar B brightens considerably during two portions of each orbit. This phenomenon cannot be naturally triggered by the illumination…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Bing Zhang , Abraham Loeb