Carleton Author

Weisberg, Joel M.

Department

Physics and Astronomy

Journal Title

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Publication Date

2004

Volume No.

350

Issue No.

4

First Page

L61

Last Page

L65

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

File Name

056_Weisberg-Joel_ARelativisticBinaryPulsar.pdf

Keywords

pulsars, individual J1829+2456

Abstract

We report the discovery of a new binary pulsar, PSR J1829+2456, found during a mid-latitude drift-scan survey with the Arecibo telescope. Our initial timing observations show the 41-ms pulsar to be in a 28-hr, slightly eccentric, binary orbit. The advance of periastron ˙ω = 0 .28 ± 0 .01 deg yr − 1 is derived from our timing observations spanning 200 days. Assuming that the advance of periastron is purely relativistic and a reasonable range of neutron star masses for PSR J1829+2456 we constrain the companion mass to be between 1.22 M ⊙ and 1.38 M ⊙, making it likely to be another neutron star. We also place a firm upper limit on the pulsar mass of 1.38 M ⊙. The expected coalescence time due to gravitational-wave emission is long ( ∼ 60 Gyr) and this system will not significantly impact upon calculations of merger rates that are relevant to upcoming instruments such as LIGO.

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Yellow

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Contributing Organization

Carleton College

Type

Article

Format

application/pdf

Language

English

DOI

10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07862.x

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