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NGC 6440和NGC 6441中的八颗新毫秒脉冲星

Eight New Millisecond Pulsars in NGC 6440 and NGC 6441

Paulo C. C. Freire, Scott M. Ransom, Steve Begin, Ingrid H. Stairs, Jason W. T. Hessels, Lucille H. Frey, Fernando Camilo

摘要:

最近,我们利用绿岸望远镜的S波段接收器和脉冲星Spigot光谱仪在Terzan 5中发现了30颗新的毫秒双星,我们开始使用相同的观测系统在其他球状星团中系统地搜索双星。在这里,我们报告在NGC 6440中发现了5颗新的脉冲星,在NGC 6441中发现了3颗新的脉冲星;每个星团以前都有一颗已知的脉冲星。使用最新的距离估计,这些集群,我们得出结论,有尽可能多的潜在可观测的恒星在NGC 6440和NGC 6441在泰山5。我们提出了这些球状星团中所有恒星的时间解。新发现的双星系统中有4个是双星系统,其中PSR J1748- 2021 B(NGC 6440 B)具有宽轨道(P_b = 20.5 d)和偏心轨道(e = 0.57)。这允许测量其近星点的前进速度:每年0.00391(18)度。如果考虑到广义相对论的影响,这个双星系统的总质量是2.92 +/- 0.20太阳质量(1 sigma),这意味着脉冲星的质量中值是2.74 +/- 0.21太阳质量。有1%的可能性,倾角足够低,脉冲星质量低于2个太阳质量,0.10%的可能性,它是在1.20和1.44太阳质量之间。如果得到证实,这个巨大的质量将强烈地限制致密物质的状态方程。另一颗高偏心双星PSR J1750- 37 A,e = 0.71,近星点每年前进0.0055(3)度,意味着系统总质量为1.97 +/-0.15太阳质量,以及质量函数,最大和中值脉冲星质量分别为1.65和1.26太阳质量。

英文摘要:

Motivated by the recent discovery of 30 new millisecond pulsars in Terzan 5, made using the Green Bank Telescope's S-band receiver and the Pulsar Spigot spectrometer, we have set out to use the same observing system in a systematic search for pulsars in other globular clusters. Here we report on the discovery of five new pulsars in NGC 6440 and three in NGC 6441; each cluster previously had one known pulsar. Using the most recent distance estimates to these clusters, we conclude that there are as many potentially observable pulsars in NGC 6440 and NGC 6441 as in Terzan 5. We present timing solutions for all of the pulsars in these globular clusters. Four of the new discoveries are in binary systems; one of them, PSR J1748-2021B (NGC 6440B), has a wide (P_b = 20.5 d) and eccentric (e = 0.57) orbit. This allowed a measurement of its rate of advance of periastron: 0.00391(18) degrees per year. If due to the effects of general relativity, the total mass of this binary system is 2.92 +/- 0.20 solar masses (1 sigma), implying a median pulsar mass of 2.74 +/- 0.21 solar masses. There is a 1 % probability that the inclination is low enough that pulsar mass is below 2 solar masses, and 0.10 % probability that it is between 1.20 and 1.44 solar masses. If confirmed, this anomalously large mass would strongly constrain the equation of state for dense matter. The other highly eccentric binary, PSR J1750-37A, has e = 0.71, and periastron advance of 0.0055(3) degrees per year, implying a total system mass of 1.97 +/-0.15 solar masses and, along with the mass function, maximum and median pulsar masses of 1.65 and 1.26 solar masses respectively.

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