FAST Globular Cluster Pulsar Survey: Twenty-four Pulsars Discovered in 15 Globular Clusters

Pan, Zhichen and Qian, Lei and Ma, Xiaoyun and Liu, Kuo and Wang, Lin and Luo, Jintao and Yan, Zhen and Ransom, Scott and Lorimer, Duncan and Li, Di and Jiang, Peng (2021) FAST Globular Cluster Pulsar Survey: Twenty-four Pulsars Discovered in 15 Globular Clusters. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 915 (2). L28. ISSN 2041-8205

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Abstract

We present the discovery of 24 pulsars in 15 globular clusters (GCs) using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST). These include the first pulsar discoveries in M2, M10, and M14. Most of the new systems are either confirmed or likely members of binary systems. M53C and NGC 6517H and I are the only three pulsars confirmed to be isolated. M14A is a black widow pulsar with an orbital period of 5.5 hr and a minimum companion mass of 0.016 M⊙. M14E is an eclipsing binary pulsar with an orbital period of 20.3 hr. With the other 8 discoveries that have been reported elsewhere, in total 32 GC pulsars have been discovered by FAST so far. In addition, We detected M3A twice. This was enough to determine that it is a black widow pulsar with an orbital period of 3.3 hr and a minimum companion mass of 0.0125 M⊙.

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Subjects: Open Archive Press > Physics and Astronomy
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Date Deposited: 09 May 2023 05:38
Last Modified: 06 Mar 2024 04:36
URI: http://library.2pressrelease.co.in/id/eprint/1179

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