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We report the detection of 376.05 Hz (2.66 ms) coherent X-ray pulsations in NICER observations of a transient outburst of the low-mass X-ray binary IGR J17494-3030 in 2020 October/November. The system is an accreting millisecond X-ray…

Millisecond pulsar (MSP) binaries are unique laboratories for studying matter and radiation under extreme conditions that are unattainable on Earth. Recent detections of optical millisecond pulsations from three systems in distinct…

Basic ideas about the torques on the neutron star and the existence of an equilibrium rotation period followed from the recognition that most X-ray binaries contain accretion powered neutron stars. The evolution of binaries through a phase…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Ali Alpar

We calculate how strongly one can put constraints on alternative theories of gravity such as Brans-Dicke and massive graviton theories with LISA. We consider inspiral gravitational waves from a compact binary composed of a neutron star (NS)…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-20 Kent Yagi , Takahiro Tanaka

Unexpected sign, significant magnitude and time-variation of frequency second derivative exist not only in singular radio pulsars but also in Soft Gamma repeaters (SGRs) and Anomalous X-ray pulsars (AXPs). This paper shows that the these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Biping Gong

It is believed that the radio pulsars rotating at spin periods of about 30 millisecond or even lower got such high spins through the transfer of angular momentum by accreting matter from their binary companions (or past companions) in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-28 Arpita Choudhary

Millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are short-period pulsars that are distinguished from "normal" pulsars, not only by their short period, but also by their very small spin-down rates and high probability of being in a binary system. These…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-10-04 R. N. Manchester

We present a systematic study of the evolution of intermediate- and low-mass X-ray binaries consisting of an accreting neutron star of mass $1.0-1.8 M_{\odot}$ and a donor star of mass $1.0-6.0 M_{\odot}$. In our calculations we take into…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Yong Shao , Xiang-Dong Li

Gravitational waves at suitable frequencies can resonantly interact with a binary system, inducing changes to its orbit. A stochastic gravitational-wave background causes the orbital elements of the binary to execute a classic random walk,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-27 Lam Hui , Sean T. McWilliams , I-Sheng Yang

A binary in which a slightly evolved star starts mass transfer to a neutron star can evolve towards ultra-short orbital periods under the influence of magnetic braking. This is called magnetic capture. We investigate in detail for which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. V. van der Sluys , F. Verbunt , O. R. Pols

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

Observations made using the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer have shown that accreting weak-field neutron stars in low-mass X-ray binary systems (LMXBs) produce three distinct types of millisecond X-ray oscillations that can be used to determine…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Frederick K. Lamb , Wenfei Yu

We calculate how strongly one can constrain the alternative theories of gravity with deci-Hz gravitational wave interferometers such as DECIGO and BBO. Here we discuss Brans-Dicke theory and massive graviton theories as typical examples. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-20 Kent Yagi , Takahiro Tanaka

Some short-period, detached binary systems have recently been reported to experience very rapid orbital decay, much faster than is expected from the angular-momentum loss caused by gravitational radiation alone. As these systems contain…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-15 Wen-Cong Chen , Philipp Podsiadlowski

By virtue of their sub-hour orbital periods, ultra-compact X-ray binaries are promising sources for the space-borne gravitational-wave interferometers LISA, Taiji, and TianQin. Some of these systems contain a neutron star primary, whose…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-04-15 Arthur G. Suvorov

We model the present-day number and characteristics of Ultra-compact X-ray binaries (UCXBs) in the Galactic Bulge. The main objective is to compare the results with the forthcoming data from the Galactic Bulge Survey (GBS) in order to learn…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-04 Lennart van Haaften , Gijs Nelemans

We present timing observations of four millisecond pulsars, using data obtained over three years at the ATNF Parkes and NRAL Jodrell Bank radio telescopes. Astrometric, spin, and binary parameters are updated, and substantially improved for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 J. F. Bell , M. Bailes , R. N. Manchester , A. G. Lyne , F. Camilo , J. S. Sandhu

This article presents a theoretical limit on the Brans-Dicke (BD) parameter using a neutron star (NS) revolving around a galactic central engine.The assumption that the orbital radius is large enough allows to ignore strong curvature due to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-08-09 Paritosh Verma

Young M-type binaries are particularly useful for precise isochronal dating by taking advantage of their extended pre-main sequence evolution. Orbital monitoring of these low-mass objects becomes essential in constraining their fundamental…

The observed orbital period time derivative (or orbital "chirp") of a millisecond binary pulsar (MSP) encodes information about both the intrinsic properties of the binary system and its environment. Orbital chirp has contributions from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-18 Brady Egleston , Reza Ebadi , Ronald Walsworth