Binary Millisecond Pulsar Discovery via Gamma-Ray Pulsations

H. J. Pletsch; L. Guillemot; H. Fehrmann; B. Allen; M. Kramer; C. Aulbert; Markus Ackermann; Marco Ajello; A. de Angelis; W. B. Atwood; Luca Baldini; J. Ballet11; Guido Barbiellini; D. Bastieri; K. Bechtol; R. Bellazzini; A. W. Borgland; E. Bottacini; T. J. Brandt; J. Bregeon; M. Brigida; R. Buehler; S. Buson; G. A. Caliandro; R. A. Cameron; P. A. Caraveo; J. M. Casandjian; C. Cecchi; Ö. Çelik; E. Charles; R. C. G. Chaves; C. C. Cheung; J. Chiang; S. Ciprini; R. Claus; J. Cohen-Tanugi; J. Conrad; S. Cutini; F. d'Ammando; C. D. Dermer; S. W. Digel; P. S. Drell; A. Drlica-Wagner; R. Dubois; D. Dumora; C. Favuzzi; E. C. Ferrara; A. Franckowiak; Y. Fukazawa; P. Fusco; F. Gardano; N. Gehrels; S. Germani; N. Giglietto; F. Giordano; M. Giroletti; G. Godfrey; I. A. Grenier; M.-H. Grondin; J. E. Grove; S. Guiriec; D. Hadasch; Y. Hanabata; A. K. Harding; P. R. den Hartog; M. Hayashida; E. Hays; A. B. Hill7; X. Hou; R. E. Hughes; G. Jóhannesson; M. S. Jackson; T. Jogler; A. S. Johnson; W. N. Johnson; J. Kataoka; M. Kerr; Jürgen Knödlseder; M. Kuss; J. Lande; S. Larsson; L. Latronico; M. Lemoine-Goumard; F. Longo; F. Loparco; M. N. Lovellette; P. Lubrano; F. Massaro; M. Mayer; M. N. Mazziotta; J. E. Mcenery; J. Mehault; P. F. Michelson; W. Mitthumsiri; T. Mizuno; M. E. Monzani; A. Morselli; I. V. Moskalenko; S. Murgia; T. Nakamori; R. Nemmen; E. Nuss; M. Ohno; T. Ohsugi; N. Omodei; M. Orienti; E. Orlando; F. de Palma; D. Paneque; J. S. Perkins; F. Piron; G. Pivato; T.A. Porter; S. Rainò; R. Rando; P. S. Ray; M. Razzano; A. Reimer; O. Reimer; T. Reposeur; S. Ritz; R. W. Romani; C. Romoli; D.A. Sanchez; P. M. Saz Parkinson; A. Schulz; C. Sgrò1; E. Do Couto E Silva; E. J. Siskind; David Stanley Smith; G. Spandre; P. Spinelli; D. J. Suson; H. Takahashi; T. Tanaka; J. B. Thayer; J. G. Thayer; D. J. Thompson; L. Tibaldo; M. Tinivella; E. Troja; T. L. Usher; J. Vandenbroucke; V. Vasileiou; G. Vianello; V. Vitale; A. P. Waite; B. L. Winer; K. S. Wood; M. Wood; Z. Yang; S. Zimmer

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Binary Millisecond Pulsar Discovery via Gamma-Ray Pulsations

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Binary Millisecond Pulsar Discovery via Gamma-Ray Pulsations

H. J. Pletsch, L. Guillemot, H. Fehrmann, B. Allen, M. Kramer, C. Aulbert, Markus Ackermann, Marco Ajello, A. de Angelis, W. B. Atwood, …

Science, Vol.338, pp.1314-1317

25/10/2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1229054

Abstract

Millisecond pulsars, old neutron stars spun up by accreting matter from a companion star, can reach high rotation rates of hundreds of revolutions per second. Until now, all such "recycled" rotation-powered pulsars have been detected by their spin-modulated radio emission. In a computing-intensive blind search of gamma-ray data from the Fermi Large Area Telescope (with partial constraints from optical data), we detected a 2.5-millisecond pulsar, PSR J1311−3430. This unambiguously explains a formerly unidentified gamma-ray source that had been a decade-long enigma, confirming previous conjectures. The pulsar is in a circular orbit with an orbital period of only 93 minutes, the shortest of any spin-powered pulsar binary ever found.

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Title: Binary Millisecond Pulsar Discovery via Gamma-Ray Pulsations
Creators - without role: H. J. Pletsch
L. Guillemot - Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
H. Fehrmann - Leibniz University Hannover
B. Allen - Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
M. Kramer - Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
C. Aulbert - Leibniz University Hannover
Markus Ackermann - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
Marco Ajello - Stanford University
A. de Angelis - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste
W. B. Atwood
Luca Baldini - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
J. Ballet11
Guido Barbiellini - University of Trieste
D. Bastieri - University of Padua
K. Bechtol - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
R. Bellazzini - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
A. W. Borgland
E. Bottacini - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
T. J. Brandt - Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie
J. Bregeon - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
M. Brigida - Polytechnic University of Bari
R. Buehler - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
S. Buson - University of Padua
G. A. Caliandro
R. A. Cameron
P. A. Caraveo - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Milano
J. M. Casandjian - Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation
C. Cecchi - University of Perugia
Ö. Çelik - Goddard Space Flight Center
E. Charles - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
R. C. G. Chaves
C. C. Cheung
J. Chiang - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
S. Ciprini - University of Perugia
R. Claus - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
J. Cohen-Tanugi - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
J. Conrad - Stockholm University
S. Cutini - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
F. d'Ammando
C. D. Dermer
S. W. Digel
P. S. Drell
A. Drlica-Wagner - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
R. Dubois - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
D. Dumora - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
C. Favuzzi - Polytechnic University of Bari
E. C. Ferrara
A. Franckowiak - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Y. Fukazawa - Hiroshima University
P. Fusco - Polytechnic University of Bari
F. Gardano
N. Gehrels - Goddard Space Flight Center
S. Germani - University of Perugia
N. Giglietto - Polytechnic University of Bari
F. Giordano - Polytechnic University of Bari
M. Giroletti - Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna
G. Godfrey - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
I. A. Grenier - Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation
M.-H. Grondin - Heidelberg University
J. E. Grove
S. Guiriec - Goddard Space Flight Center
D. Hadasch - Institute of Space Sciences
Y. Hanabata - Hiroshima University
A. K. Harding
P. R. den Hartog
M. Hayashida - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
E. Hays - Goddard Space Flight Center
A. B. Hill7
X. Hou - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
R. E. Hughes
G. Jóhannesson - University of Iceland
M. S. Jackson
T. Jogler - Stanford University
A. S. Johnson
W. N. Johnson
J. Kataoka - Waseda University
M. Kerr - Stanford University
Jürgen Knödlseder - Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie
M. Kuss - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
J. Lande - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
S. Larsson - Stockholm University
L. Latronico - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino
M. Lemoine-Goumard - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
F. Longo - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste
F. Loparco - Polytechnic University of Bari
M. N. Lovellette
P. Lubrano - University of Perugia
F. Massaro - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
M. Mayer - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
M. N. Mazziotta
J. E. Mcenery
J. Mehault - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
P. F. Michelson
W. Mitthumsiri - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
T. Mizuno - Hiroshima University
M. E. Monzani
A. Morselli - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata
I. V. Moskalenko
S. Murgia - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
T. Nakamori - Waseda University
R. Nemmen - Goddard Space Flight Center
E. Nuss - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
M. Ohno - Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
T. Ohsugi - Hiroshima University
N. Omodei - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
M. Orienti - Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna
E. Orlando - Stanford University
F. de Palma - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
D. Paneque - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
J. S. Perkins
F. Piron - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
G. Pivato - University of Padua
T.A. Porter - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
S. Rainò - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
R. Rando - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova
P. S. Ray
M. Razzano - University of California, Santa Cruz
A. Reimer - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
O. Reimer - Universität Innsbruck
T. Reposeur - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
S. Ritz - University of California, Santa Cruz
R. W. Romani
C. Romoli - University of Padua
D.A. Sanchez - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
P. M. Saz Parkinson
A. Schulz - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
C. Sgrò1
E. Do Couto E Silva
E. J. Siskind
David Stanley Smith - GLAST
G. Spandre - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
P. Spinelli - Polytechnic University of Bari
D. J. Suson
H. Takahashi - Hiroshima University
T. Tanaka - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
J. B. Thayer
J. G. Thayer
D. J. Thompson
L. Tibaldo - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova
M. Tinivella - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
E. Troja - Goddard Space Flight Center
T. L. Usher
J. Vandenbroucke - Stanford University
V. Vasileiou - Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
G. Vianello - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
V. Vitale - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata
A. P. Waite
B. L. Winer
K. S. Wood
M. Wood - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Z. Yang - AlbaNova
S. Zimmer - AlbaNova
Publication Details: Science, Vol.338, pp.1314-1317
Identifiers: 9938574709311
Academic Unit: Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier - LUPM
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: in2p3-00769556