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球状星团M3中围绕毫秒脉冲星J1342 +2822 B的一颗极低质量He白矮星

An extremely low-mass He white dwarf orbiting the millisecond pulsar J1342+2822B in the globular cluster M3

M. Cadelano, F. R. Ferraro, A. G. Istrate, C. Pallanca, B. Lanzoni, P. C. C. Freire

摘要:

本文报道在球状星团M3中发现毫秒脉冲星J1342+ 2822 B的伴星。我们利用哈勃太空望远镜获得的近紫外和光学观测相结合,以寻找该星团中已知毫秒双星的光学对应物。在与射电脉冲星J 1342 + 2822 B(M3 B)非常一致的位置上,我们发现了一个蓝色的微弱天体(mF 275 W \approx 22.45),在星团的色星等图上,它位于He核白矮星的区域。通过将观测到的星等与理论上的冷却轨道进行比较,我们估算出了伴星的物理性质:它的质量只有0.19 \pm 0.02兆太阳,表面温度为12 \pm 1 x 10^3 K,冷却年龄为1.0 \pm 0.2 Gyr。它的祖先可能是一颗~ 0.84 M的恒星,大部分的质量转移活动发生在亚巨星分支阶段。伴星的质量,结合脉冲星的质量函数,意味着这个系统几乎观察到的边缘上,中子星的质量为1.1 \pm 0.3 Msun,在协议的典型值测量回收中子星在这些紧凑的双星系统。我们还确定了一个候选对应的宽和偏心的双毫秒脉冲星J1342+ 2822 D。它是另一颗白矮星,核心为He,质量为0.22 \pm 0.2 Msun,这意味着该系统是在高倾角下观测到的,并且拥有一个质量为1.3 \pm 0.3 Msun的典型NS。目前,这颗毫秒脉冲星的射电位置存在很大的不确定性,这使我们无法有力地得出结论,即探测到的恒星是它的光学对应物。

英文摘要:

We report on the discovery of the companion star to the millisecond pulsar J1342+2822B in the globular cluster M3. We exploited a combination of near-ultraviolet and optical observations acquired with the Hubble Space Telescope in order to search for the optical counterparts to the known millisecond pulsars in this cluster. At a position in excellent agreement with that of the radio pulsar J1342+2822B (M3B), we have identified a blue and faint object (mF275W \approx 22.45) that, in the color-magnitude diagram of the cluster, is located in the region of He core white dwarfs. From the comparison of the observed magnitudes with theoretical cooling tracks we have estimated the physical properties of the companion star: it has a mass of only 0.19 \pm 0.02 Msun, a surface temperature of 12 \pm 1 x 10^3 K and a cooling age of 1.0\pm0.2 Gyr. Its progenitor was likely a ~ 0.84 M star and the bulk of the mass-transfer activity occurred during the sub-giant branch phase. The companion mass, combined with the pulsar mass function, implies that this system is observed almost edge-on and that the neutron star has a mass of 1.1 \pm 0.3 Msun, in agreement with the typical values measured for recycled neutron stars in these compact binary systems. We have also identified a candidate counterpart to the wide and eccentric binary millisecond pulsar J1342+2822D. It is another white dwarf with a He core and a mass of 0.22 \pm 0.2 Msun, implying that the system is observed at a high inclination angle and hosts a typical NS with a mass of 1.3 \pm 0.3 Msun. At the moment, the large uncertainty on the radio position of this millisecond pulsar prevents us from robustly concluding that the detected star is its optical counterpart.

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