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NGC 6712中的一颗振荡黑寡妇脉冲星

An Eclipsing Black Widow Pulsar in NGC 6712

Zhen Yan, Zhi-chen Pan, Scott M. Ransom, Duncan R. Lorimer, Lei Qian, Pei Wang, Zhi-qiang Shen, Di Li, Peng Jiang, Jin-Tao Luo, Jie Liu, Zhi-peng Huang

摘要:

我们报道了第一颗与NGC 6712有关的射电脉冲星的发现,这是一颗日食黑寡妇(BW)脉冲星,J1853 $-$ 0842 A,是使用500米口径球面射电望远镜通过高灵敏度搜索发现的。这颗2.15毫秒的脉冲星在一个3.56小时的紧凑圆形轨道上,有一颗质量很低的伴星,质量可能在0.018到0.036 $M_{\rm \odot}$之间,并显示出脉冲星信号的食。虽然从PSR J1853 $-$ 0842 A的色散测量($155.125 \pm 0.004$ cm $^{-3}$ pc)和银河系自由电子密度模型预测的距离比从星际红化测量获得的NGC 6712小30%,这可能是由于对该方向的旋臂和盾牌座恒星云的了解有限。后续的时间观测跨越445天,使我们能够定位脉冲星的位置是0.14核心半径的中心NGC 6712和测量一个负的自旋下降率为这颗脉冲星的$-2.39(2)\times10^{-21}\rm s s^{-1}$。如果没有GC的加速,后者就无法解释,并决定性地支持PSR J1853- 0842 A和NGC 6712之间的关联。考虑到最大GC加速度、银河系加速度和Shklovskii效应,我们将内禀自旋下降速率的上限设为$1.11\times10^{-20}\rm~s~s^{-1}$。通过对食区观测资料的分析,我们估计食区的电子密度约为$1.88\times10^6\rm cm^{-3}$。我们还提出了伴星吸积速率的上限约为$3.05\times10^{-13}~M_{\rm \odot}\rm~yr^{-1}$,这与其它一些BW相当。

英文摘要:

We report the discovery of the first radio pulsar associated with NGC 6712, an eclipsing black widow (BW) pulsar, J1853$-$0842A, found by high-sensitivity searches using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope. This 2.15 ms pulsar is in a 3.56 hr compact circular orbit with a very low mass companion likely of mass 0.018 to 0.036 $M_{\rm \odot}$ and exhibits eclipsing of the pulsar signal. Though the distance to PSR J1853$-$0842A predicted from its dispersion measure ($155.125 \pm 0.004$ cm$^{-3}$ pc) and Galactic free electron density models are about 30\% smaller than that of NGC 6712 obtained from interstellar reddening measurements, this is likely due to limited knowledge about the spiral arms and Scutum stellar cloud in this direction. Follow-up timing observations spanning 445 days allow us to localize the pulsar's position to be 0.14 core radii from the center of NGC 6712 and measure a negative spin-down rate for this pulsar of $-2.39(2)\times10^{-21}\rm s s^{-1}$. The latter cannot be explained without the acceleration of the GC and decisively supports the association between PSR J1853--0842A and NGC 6712. Considering the maximum GC acceleration, Galactic acceleration, and Shklovskii effect, we place an upper limit on the intrinsic spin-down rate to be $1.11\times10^{-20}\rm~s~s^{-1}$. From an analysis of the eclipsing observations, we estimate the electron density of the eclipse region to be about $1.88\times10^6\rm cm^{-3}$. We also place an upper limit of the accretion rate from the companion is about $3.05\times10^{-13}~M_{\rm \odot}\rm~yr^{-1}$ which is comparable with some other BWs.

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