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  • Pulsar J1411+2551: A Low-ma...
    Martinez, J. G.; Stovall, K.; Freire, P. C. C.; Deneva, J. S.; Tauris, T. M.; Ridolfi, A.; Wex, N.; Jenet, F. A.; McLaughlin, M. A.; Bagchi, M.

    Astrophysical journal. Letters, 12/2017, Letnik: 851, Številka: 2
    Journal Article

    In this work, we report the discovery and characterization of PSR J1411+2551, a new binary pulsar discovered in the Arecibo 327 MHz Drift Pulsar Survey. Our timing observations of the radio pulsar in the system span a period of about 2.5 years. This timing campaign allowed a precise measurement of its spin period (62.4 ms) and its derivative (9.6 0.7) × 10−20 s s−1; from these, we derive a characteristic age of >9.1 Gyr and a surface magnetic field strength of <2.6 × 109 G. These numbers indicate that this pulsar was mildly recycled by accretion of matter from the progenitor of the companion star. The system has an eccentric (e = 0.17) 2.61 day orbit. This eccentricity allows a highly significant measurement of the rate of advance of periastron, . Assuming general relativity accurately describes the orbital motion, this implies a total system mass M = 2.538 0.022 M . The minimum companion mass is 0.92 M and the maximum pulsar mass is 1.62 M . The large companion mass and the orbital eccentricity suggest that PSR J1411+2551 is a double neutron star system; the lightest known to date including the DNS merger GW170817. Furthermore, the relatively low orbital eccentricity and small proper motion limits suggest that the second supernova had a relatively small associated kick; this and the low system mass suggest that it was an ultra-stripped supernova.