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We report the discovery of an isolated millisecond pulsar M15O (J2129+1210O) from the globular cluster M15 (NGC 7078) with a period of $\sim$11.06686 ms and a dispersion measure of $\sim$67.44 cm$^{-3}$ pc. Its spin period is so close to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-24 Yinfeng Dai , Zhichen Pan , Lei Qian , Liyun Zhang , Dejiang Yin , Baoda Li , Yaowei Li , Yuxiao Wu , Yujie Lian

Individual giant radio pulses (GRPs) from the Crab pulsar last only a few microseconds. However, during that time they rank among the brightest objects in the radio sky reaching peak flux densities of up to 1500 Jy even at high radio…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Jessner , A. Slowikowska , B. Klein , H. Lesch , C. H. Jaroschek , G. Kanbach , T. H. Hankins

We present statistical analysis of a fluence limited sample of over 1100 giant pulses from the Crab pulsar, with fluence > 130 Jy ms at ~1330 MHz. These were detected in ~260 hours of observation with the National Centre for Radio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-01 Apurba Bera , Jayaram N. Chengalur

We present high-resolution multi-frequency single-pulse observations of the Vela pulsar, PSR B0833-45, aimed at studying micro-structure, phase-resolved intensity fluctuations and energy distributions at 1.41 and 2.30 GHz. We show that the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Kramer , S. Johnston , W. van Straten

Millisecond pulsars (MSPs) are known as highly stable celestial clocks. Nevertheless, recent studies have revealed the unstable nature of their integrated pulse profiles, which may limit the achievable pulsar timing precision. In this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-24 K. Liu , R. Karuppusamy , K. J. Lee , B. W. Stappers , M. Kramer , R. Smits , M. B. Purver , G. H. Janssen , D. Perrodin

Pulsars typically exhibit radio emission in the form of narrow pulses originated from confined regions of their magnetospheres. A potential presence of magnetospherically originated emission outside this region, the so-called off-pulse…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-03 B. Marcote , Y. Maan , Z. Paragi , A. Keimpema

PSR B1821$-$24 is a solitary millisecond pulsar (MSP) which radiates multi-wavelength pulsed photons. It has complex radio, X-ray and $\gamma$-ray pulse profiles with distinct peak phase-separations that challenge the traditional caustic…

Pulsars PSR J0248+6021 (rotation period P=217 ms and spin-down power Edot = 2.13E35 erg/s) and PSR J2240+5832 (P=140 ms, Edot = 2.12E35 erg/s) were discovered in 1997 with the Nancay radio telescope during a northern Galactic plane survey,…

In this paper we demonstrate that a large, unexplored reservoir of information about pulsar emission exists, that is directly linked to the radiating particles and their radiation process: We present a study of flux density measurements of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Kramer , A. Karastergiou , Y. Gupta , S. Johnston , N. D. R. Bhat , A. G. Lyne

The predicted nature of the candidate redback pulsar 3FGL\,J2039.6$-$5618 was recently confirmed by the discovery of $\gamma$-ray millisecond pulsations (Clark et al. 2020, hereafter Paper\,I), which identify this $\gamma$-ray source as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-02 A. Corongiu , R. P. Mignani , A. S. Seyffert , C. J. Clark , C. Venter , L. Nieder , A. Possenti , M. Burgay , A. Belfiore , A. De Luca , A. Ridolfi , Z. Wadiasingh

We report results on the timing and spectral analysis of observations of the millisecond pulsar PSR B1821-24 with RXTE, BeppoSAX and Chandra. The X-ray light curve is characterized by two narrow peaks at a phase distance of 0.452+/-0.002.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. Mineo , G. Cusumano , E. Massaro , W. Becker , L. Nicastro

Very-high-energy $\gamma$-ray emission provides constraints on the morphology and the physics mechanisms involved in the evolution of pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe). In the Galactic plane, around $312 ^{\circ}$ of Galactic longitude, a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-06 P. Chambéry , Y. Gallant , A. Jardin-Blicq , M. Lemoine-Goumard , V. Marandon , A. Sinha , M. Tsirou , H. E. S. S. Collaboration

We undertake the first targeted search at 1.5 GHz for radio emission from the variable $\gamma$-ray pulsar PSR J2021$+$4026. This radio-quiet pulsar assumes one of two stable $\gamma$-ray emission states, between which it transitions on a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-24 B. Shaw , B. W. Stappers , P. Weltevrede , C. A. Jordan , M. B. Mickaliger , A. G. Lyne

Millisecond pulsars are subject to accelerations in globular clusters (GCs) that manifest themselves in both the first and second spin period time derivatives, and can be used to explore the mass distribution of the potentials they inhabit.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-13 A. Corongiu , A. Ridolfi , F. Abbate , M. Bailes , A. Possenti , M. Geyer , R. N. Manchester , M. Kramer , P. C. C. Freire , M. Burgay , S. Buchner , F. Camilo

We report the discovery of an X-ray nebula associated with the nearby millisecond pulsar PSR J2124-3358. This is the first time that extended emission from a solitary millisecond pulsar is detected. The emission extends from the pulsar to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Y. Hui , W. Becker

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

Several pulsars show sudden cessation of pulsed emission, which is known as pulsar nulling. In this paper, the nulling behaviour of 15 pulsars is presented. The nulling fractions of these pulsars, along with the degree of reduction in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Vishal Gajjar , B. C. Joshi , M. Kramer

Spin period distribution provides important clues to understand the formation of millisecond pulsars (MSPs). To uncover the intrinsic period distribution, we analyze three samples of radio MSPs in the Galactic field and in globular…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-31 Xiao-Jin Liu , Zhi-Qiang You , Zu-Cheng Chen , Shen-Shi Du , Ang Li , Xing-Jiang Zhu

We present Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) hard X-ray timing and spectroscopy of the three exceptionally energetic rotation-powered millisecond pulsars PSRs B1821-24, B1937+21, and J0218+4232. By correcting the NuSTAR onboard…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-30 E. V. Gotthelf , S. Bogdanov