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Title: A State Change In The Missing Link Binary Pulsar System Psr J1023+0038

Abstract

We present radio, X-ray, and γ-ray observations which reveal that the binary millisecond pulsar / low-mass X-ray binary transition system PSR J1023+0038 has undergone a transformation in state. Whereas until recently the system harbored a bright millisecond radio pulsar, the radio pulsations at frequencies between 300 to 5000MHz have now become undetectable. Concurrent with this radio disappearance, the γ-ray flux of the system has quintupled. We conclude that, though the radio pulsar is currently not detectable, the pulsar mechanism is still active and the pulsar wind, as well as a newly formed accretion disk, are together providing the necessary conditions to create the γ-ray increase. The system is the first example of a transient, compact, low-mass γ-ray binary and will continue to provide an exceptional test bed for better understanding the formation of millisecond pulsars as well as accretion onto neutron stars in general.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [2]; ORCiD logo [4];  [2];  [5];  [1];  [6];  [7];  [8];  [9]
  1. Univ. of Manchester (United Kingdom)
  2. Netherlands Inst. for Radio Astronomy, Dwingeloo (Netherlands)
  3. Netherlands Inst. for Radio Astronomy, Dwingeloo (Netherlands); Univ. of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  4. Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States). Columbia Astrophysics Lab.
  5. McGill Univ., Montreal, QC (Canada)
  6. Netherlands Inst. for Radio Astronomy, Dwingeloo (Netherlands); Leiden Univ. (Netherlands)
  7. California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
  8. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Univ. of Southampton (United Kingdom)
  9. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
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SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
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OSTI Identifier:
1356464
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AC02-76SF00515
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Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
The Astrophysical Journal
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 790; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0004-637X
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS

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Stappers, B. W., Archibald, A. M., Hessels, J. W. T., Bassa, C. G., Bogdanov, S., Janssen, G. H., Kaspi, V. M., Lyne, A. G., Patruno, A., Tendulkar, S., Hill, A. B., and Glanzman, T. A State Change In The Missing Link Binary Pulsar System Psr J1023+0038. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/790/1/39.
Stappers, B. W., Archibald, A. M., Hessels, J. W. T., Bassa, C. G., Bogdanov, S., Janssen, G. H., Kaspi, V. M., Lyne, A. G., Patruno, A., Tendulkar, S., Hill, A. B., & Glanzman, T. A State Change In The Missing Link Binary Pulsar System Psr J1023+0038. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/790/1/39
Stappers, B. W., Archibald, A. M., Hessels, J. W. T., Bassa, C. G., Bogdanov, S., Janssen, G. H., Kaspi, V. M., Lyne, A. G., Patruno, A., Tendulkar, S., Hill, A. B., and Glanzman, T. Tue . "A State Change In The Missing Link Binary Pulsar System Psr J1023+0038". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/790/1/39. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1356464.
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title = {A State Change In The Missing Link Binary Pulsar System Psr J1023+0038},
author = {Stappers, B. W. and Archibald, A. M. and Hessels, J. W. T. and Bassa, C. G. and Bogdanov, S. and Janssen, G. H. and Kaspi, V. M. and Lyne, A. G. and Patruno, A. and Tendulkar, S. and Hill, A. B. and Glanzman, T.},
abstractNote = {We present radio, X-ray, and γ-ray observations which reveal that the binary millisecond pulsar / low-mass X-ray binary transition system PSR J1023+0038 has undergone a transformation in state. Whereas until recently the system harbored a bright millisecond radio pulsar, the radio pulsations at frequencies between 300 to 5000MHz have now become undetectable. Concurrent with this radio disappearance, the γ-ray flux of the system has quintupled. We conclude that, though the radio pulsar is currently not detectable, the pulsar mechanism is still active and the pulsar wind, as well as a newly formed accretion disk, are together providing the necessary conditions to create the γ-ray increase. The system is the first example of a transient, compact, low-mass γ-ray binary and will continue to provide an exceptional test bed for better understanding the formation of millisecond pulsars as well as accretion onto neutron stars in general.},
doi = {10.1088/0004-637X/790/1/39},
journal = {The Astrophysical Journal},
number = 1,
volume = 790,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}

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  • DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aafbaa

Radio Variability from a Quiescent Stellar-mass Black Hole Jet
journal, March 2019

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Pulsating in Unison at Optical and X-Ray Energies: Simultaneous High Time Resolution Observations of the Transitional Millisecond Pulsar PSR J1023+0038
journal, September 2019


The Likely Fermi Detection of the Be X-Ray Binary GRO J1008-57
journal, September 2019


Detection and Timing of Gamma-Ray Pulsations from the 707 Hz Pulsar J0952−0607
journal, September 2019


Pulsar Wind-heated Accretion Disk and the Origin of Modes in Transitional Millisecond Pulsar PSR J1023+0038
journal, October 2019

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Fermi Large Area Telescope Fourth Source Catalog
journal, March 2020

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The First Continuous Optical Monitoring of the Transitional Millisecond Pulsar PSR J1023+0038 with Kepler
journal, May 2018


The Radio-bright Accreting Millisecond X-Ray Pulsar IGR J17591-2342
journal, December 2018


Detection and Timing of Gamma-Ray Pulsations from the 707 Hz Pulsar J0952-0607
other, January 2019

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Fermi Large Area Telescope Fourth Source Catalog
text, January 2020

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  • Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
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State Switching of the X-Ray/Radio Transitional Millisecond Pulsar
journal, November 2017


Fermi Large Area Telescope Fourth Source Catalog
collection, January 2020


X-ray states of redback millisecond pulsars
text, January 2014


Discovery of PSR J1227-4853: A transition from a low-mass X-ray binary to a redback millisecond pulsar
text, January 2014


Properties and Evolution of the Redback Millisecond Pulsar Binary PSR J2129-0429
text, January 2015


The ultracompact nature of the black hole candidate X-ray binary 47 Tuc X9
text, January 2017


Optical pulsations from a transitional millisecond pulsar
text, January 2017


Millisecond Pulsars, their Evolution and Applications
text, January 2017


Optical spectroscopy and demographics of redback millisecond pulsar binaries
text, January 2018


Radio Variability from a Quiescent Stellar Mass Black Hole Jet
text, January 2019


Pulsar wind-heated accretion disk and the origin of modes in transitional millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038
text, January 2019


The binary millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038 -- II. Optical spectroscopy
text, January 2019