The discovery of millisecond pulsars switching between states powered either by the rotation of their magnetic field or by the accretion of matter, has recently proved the tight link shared by millisecond radio pulsars and neutron stars in low-mass X-ray binaries. Transitional millisecond pulsars also show an enigmatic intermediate state in which the neutron star is surrounded by an accretion disk, it emits coherent X-ray pulsations, but is sub-luminous in X-rays with respect to accreting neutron stars, and is brighter in gamma-rays than millisecond pulsars in the rotation-powered state. Here, we model the X-ray and gamma-ray emission observed from PSR J1023+0038 in such a state based on the assumption that most of the disk in-flow is propelled away by the rapidly rotating neutron star magnetosphere, and that electrons can be accelerated to energies of a few GeV at the turbulent disk-magnetosphere boundary. We show that the synchrotron and self-synchrotron Compton emission coming from such a region, together with the hard disk emission typical of low states of accreting compact objects, is able to explain the radiation observed in the X-ray and gamma-ray band. The average emission observed from PSR J1023+0038 is modelled by a disk in-flow with a rate of $(1-3)\times10^{-11} M_{\odot}/yr$, truncated at a radius ranging between 30 and 45 km, compatible with the hypothesis of a propelling magnetosphere. We compare the results we obtained with models that rather assume that a rotation-powered pulsar is turned on, showing how the spin down power released in similar scenarios is hardly able to account for the magnitude of the observed emission.
Accretion And Propeller Torque In The Spin-down Phase Of Neutron Stars: The Case Of Transitional Millisecond Pulsar PSR J1023+0038
测量了三颗已确认的过渡毫秒星之一PSR J1023+0038在射电脉冲星(RMSP)和X射线脉冲星(LMXB)两种状态下的自旋下降率。LMXB状态下的自旋下降速率仅比RMSP状态下高出约27%(Jaodand et al. 2016)。Ertan(2017)最近获得的螺旋桨相的内盘半径r_in接近于共旋半径r_co,并且对质量流率不敏感,可以解释观测到的扭矩以及X射线光度Lx。X射线脉冲星和射电脉冲星状态分别对应于自旋下降(弱螺旋桨)和强螺旋桨情况下的吸积。圆盘质量流率增加几倍,使源从具有低Lx的强推进器到具有较高Lx的弱推进器,由恒星吸积提供动力。由此产生的r_in的减小略微增加了磁矩,解释了所观察到的自旋下降速率的小幅增加。我们已经发现,吸积材料所施加的自旋扭矩远小于在LMXB状态下磁盘所施加的磁自旋扭矩。
Modes in Transitional Millisecond Pulsars: Evidence of Pulsar Wind-Induced Disk Heating from GRMHD and Radiative Transfer
Norwegian University of Science and Technology(挪威科技大学);University of Valladolid UVA(巴利亚多利德大学);Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, CNES, LAM(艾克斯-马赛大学);Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya(加泰罗尼亚理工大学);Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory(普林斯顿等离子体物理实验室);Northwestern University(西北大学);University of Toronto(多伦多大学)
A physical scenario for the high and low X-ray luminosity states in the transitional pulsar PSR J1023+0038
PSR J1023+0038(J1023)是一个包含一颗中子星和一颗低质量伴星的双星系统。J1023是研究得最好的过渡脉冲星,它从微弱的食毫秒射电脉冲星状态转变为较亮的X射线活动状态。与其他低质量X射线双星不同的是,这种活跃状态的光度只有~ $10^{34}$ erg s $^{-1}$,显示出强烈的快速变化。在活动状态下,J1023显示:i)高状态($L_X\sim7\times10^{33}$ erg s $^{-1}$,0.3-80 keV),约80%的时间发生,在此期间探测到中子星自旋周期的X射线脉动(脉冲分数~8%); ii)低状态($L_X~10^{33}$ erg s $^{-1}$),在此期间未检测到脉动(~<3%);和iii)耀斑状态,在此期间发生超过~ $10^{34}$ erg s $^{-1}$的零星耀斑,也没有脉动。高态和低态之间的转变非常迅速,在~10 s的时间尺度上。在这里,我们提出了一个合理的物理解释的基础上的螺旋桨状态和无线电脉冲星状态之间的(快速)过渡的高,低的状态。我们模拟了高,低和无线电脉冲星状态的XMM-牛顿光谱,发现与这一物理图像很好的一致。
Evolution of the transitional millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038 from Aqueye+ and NICER observations
University of Padova(帕多瓦大学);INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova(意大利国家天体物理研究所帕多瓦天文台);Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Padova(帕多瓦大学物理与天文学系);Università di Firenze(佛罗伦萨大学);INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino(意大利国家天体物理研究所都灵天文台)
Measuring accretion disc properties in the transitional millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038 using XMM-Newton, NuSTAR, NICER and Chandra
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad(印度理工学院海得拉巴分校);Tata Institute of Fundamental Research(塔塔基础研究所);Massachusetts Institute of Technology(麻省理工学院);Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune(印度科学教育与研究学院浦那分校)
Quasi-Simultaneous Radio/X-ray Observations of the Candidate Transitional Millisecond Pulsar 3FGL J1544.6-1125 During its Low-Luminosity Accretion-Disc State
Pulsating in unison at optical and X-ray energies: simultaneous high-time resolution observations of the transitional millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038
Peering at the outflow mechanisms in the transitional pulsar PSR J1023+0038: simultaneous VLT, XMM-Newton, and Swift high-time resolution observations
我们报告了2017年使用XMM-Newton和Swift卫星以及过渡MSP PSR J1023+0038上的VLT/HAWK-I仪器进行的NIR,光学和X射线活动。近红外观测是在快速测光模式下进行的,以便检测通量的任何快速变化,并将其与光学和X射线光变曲线相关联。在轨道周期(4.75小时)处,光学曲线显示出典型的正弦调制。在光学中没有发现闪耀或闪烁,也没有主动和被动状态之间的转变的迹象。相反,近红外光谱曲线显示出双峰行为,在曲线的第一部分显示出强烈的耀斑,而在其余部分则呈现出几乎平坦的趋势。X射线曲线显示了一些低/高模式转换,但没有耀斑活动。低/高模式转换之一被发现发生在同一时间的红外耀斑的发射。这可以被解释为喷流的发射:近红外耀斑可能是由于喷流的频谱不断变化,其具有在发射后从较高(近红外)频率移动到较低(无线电)频率的中断频率,这必须发生在低/高模式转换时。我们还提出了光学和近红外曲线之间的交叉关联函数。由于近红外光谱曲线的双峰性,我们将其分为两部分(燃烧和安静)。虽然发现安静部分的CCF是平坦的,但涉及耀斑部分的CCF在约10 s处示出窄峰,这指示NIR发射相对于光学的延迟。这种滞后可以被解释为在光圆柱半径处的光发射的再处理,由于无线电喷射的阶段,物质流围绕系统螺旋。这有力地支持了PSR J1023+0038观测到的近红外耀斑的不同起源,相对于同一来源的其他工作中报告的光学和X…
Assessing transitional pulsar candidates through a quantitative estimation of their light-curve similarity
Institute of Space Sciences (ICE, CSIC)(空间科学研究所);Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC)(加泰罗尼亚太空研究院);Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA)(加泰罗尼亚高级研究学院);Institute for Research in Technology (IIT), Universidad Pontificia Comillas(康普里亚斯宗座大学技术研究院);INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte(那不勒斯卡波迪蒙特天文台);INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera(布雷拉天文台);INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma(罗马天文台)
Detection of giant pulses from the transitional millisecond pulsar J1227$-$4853
National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research(国家射电天文中心,塔塔基础研究所);Space Science Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory(空间科学处,美国海军研究实验室);Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie(马克斯·普朗克射电天文研究所);Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester(曼彻斯特大学物理与天文学系乔德雷尔银行天体物理学中心)
No Measurable Changes in Radio and X-ray Emission Surrounding Glitches in the Young Pulsar PSR J2229+6114
McGill University(麦吉尔大学);Trottier Space Institute, McGill University(麦吉尔大学特罗蒂尔空间研究所);Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam(阿姆斯特丹大学安东·潘内科克天文学研究所);ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy(荷兰射电天文研究所);University of British Columbia(不列颠哥伦比亚大学)
Optical Study of TRAPUM Pulsars and Modelling of the Redbacks: PSR J1036$-$4353 and PSR J1803$-$6707
The University of Manchester(曼彻斯特大学);National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand(泰国国家天文研究所);Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)(马克斯·普朗克引力物理研究所(爱因斯坦研究所));Leibniz University Hannover(汉诺威莱布尼茨大学);INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari(意大利国家天体物理研究所-卡利亚里天文台);Michigan State University(密歇根州立大学);University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign(伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校);University College Cork(科克大学学院);Heidelberg University(海德堡大学);University of Sheffield(谢菲尔德大学)