Binary Millisecond Pulsar Discovery via Gamma-Ray Pulsations
Abstract
The launch of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope in 2008 enabled the detection of large numbers of pulsars. Millisecond pulsars, neutron stars with millisecond periods, are much more difficult to find in gamma-ray data. In a computational tour de force, Pletsch et al. (p. 1314 , published online 25 October) detected gamma-ray pulsations from a formerly unidentified gamma-ray source in the Fermi Large Area Telescope Second Source Catalog. The pulsating neutron star orbits a companion star more rapidly than any other such neutron star known, and the system may belong to an exotic class of binary systems where the neutron star is systematically destroying its companion.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Dec 07, 2012
- Source ID
- 10.1126/science.1229054
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- A. B. Hill
- A. De Angelis
- A. Franckowiak
- A. K. Harding
- A. P. Waite
- A. Reimer
- A. S. Johnson
- A. Schulz
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- Aldo Morselli
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