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Discovery of two millisecond pulsars in Fermi sources with the Nancay Radio Telescope
COGNARD, Ismaël
Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay [USN]
Laboratoire de physique et chimie de l'environnement [LPCE]
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Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay [USN]
Laboratoire de physique et chimie de l'environnement [LPCE]
COGNARD, Ismaël
Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay [USN]
Laboratoire de physique et chimie de l'environnement [LPCE]
Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay [USN]
Laboratoire de physique et chimie de l'environnement [LPCE]
THEUREAU, Gilles
Laboratoire de physique et chimie de l'environnement [LPCE]
Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay [USN]
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Laboratoire de physique et chimie de l'environnement [LPCE]
Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay [USN]
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The Astrophysical Journal. 2011-05-01, vol. 732, p. 47 (11 pages)
American Astronomical Society
English Abstract
We report the discovery of two millisecond pulsars in a search for radio pulsations at the positions of \emph{Fermi Large Area Telescope} sources with no previously known counterparts, using the Nançay radio telescope. The ...Read more >
We report the discovery of two millisecond pulsars in a search for radio pulsations at the positions of \emph{Fermi Large Area Telescope} sources with no previously known counterparts, using the Nançay radio telescope. The two millisecond pulsars, PSRs J2017+0603 and J2302+4442, have rotational periods of 2.896 and 5.192 ms and are both in binary systems with low-eccentricity orbits and orbital periods of 2.2 and 125.9 days respectively, suggesting long recycling processes. Gamma-ray pulsations were subsequently detected for both objects, indicating that they power the associated \emph{Fermi} sources in which they were found. The gamma-ray light curves and spectral properties are similar to those of previously-detected gamma-ray millisecond pulsars. Detailed modeling of the observed radio and gamma-ray light curves shows that the gamma-ray emission seems to originate at high altitudes in their magnetospheres. Additionally, X-ray observations revealed the presence of an X-ray source at the position of PSR J2302+4442, consistent with thermal emission from a neutron star. These discoveries along with the numerous detections of radio-loud millisecond pulsars in gamma rays suggest that many \emph{Fermi} sources with no known counterpart could be unknown millisecond pulsars.Read less <
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