MULTIWAVELENGTH OBSERVATIONS OF THE REDBACK MILLISECOND PULSAR J1048+2339

Deneva, J. S.; Ray, P. S.; Wood, K.; Wolff, M. T.; Camilo, F.; Halpern, J. P.; Cromartie, H. T.; Ferrara, E.; Kerr, M.; Ransom, S. M.; Chambers, K. C.; Magnier, E. A.

doi:10.3847/0004-637X/823/2/105

Title: MULTIWAVELENGTH OBSERVATIONS OF THE REDBACK MILLISECOND PULSAR J1048+2339

Journal Article · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Astrophysical Journal

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/823/2/105· OSTI ID:22666239

Deneva, J. S. ^[1]; Ray, P. S.; Wood, K.; Wolff, M. T. ^[2]; Camilo, F.; Halpern, J. P. ^[3]; Cromartie, H. T. ^[4]; Ferrara, E. ^[5]; Kerr, M. ^[6]; Ransom, S. M. ^[7]; Chambers, K. C.; Magnier, E. A. ^[8]

National Research Council, resident at the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375 (United States)
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375 (United States)
Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 (United States)
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904 (United States)
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771 (United States)
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Marsfield NSW 2122 (Australia)
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA 22903 (United States)
Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822 (United States)

We report on radio timing and multiwavelength observations of the 4.66 ms redback pulsar J1048+2339, which was discovered in an Arecibo search targeting the Fermi -Large Area Telescope source 3FGL J1048.6+2338. Two years of timing allowed us to derive precise astrometric and orbital parameters for the pulsar. PSR J1048+2339 is in a 6 hr binary and exhibits radio eclipses over half the orbital period and rapid orbital period variations. The companion has a minimum mass of 0.3 M {sub ⊙}, and we have identified a V ∼ 20 variable optical counterpart in data from several surveys. The phasing of its ∼1 mag modulation at the orbital period suggests highly efficient and asymmetric heating by the pulsar wind, which may be due to an intrabinary shock that is distorted near the companion, or to the companion’s magnetic field channeling the pulsar wind to specific locations on its surface. We also present gamma-ray spectral analysis of the source and preliminary results from searches for gamma-ray pulsations using the radio ephemeris.

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Journal Information:: Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 823, Issue 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0004-637X

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