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  • PSR J2150+3427: A Possible ...
    Wu, Q. D.; Wang, N.; Yuan, J. P.; Li, D.; Wang, P.; Xue, M. Y.; Zhu, W. W.; Miao, C. C.; Yan, W. M.; Wang, J. B.; Yao, J. M.; Wang, S. Q.; Sun, S. N.; Kou, F. F.; Zhao, D.; Chen, Y. T.; Dang, S. J.; Feng, Y.; Liu, Z. J.; Miao, X. L.; Meng, L. Q.; Yuan, M.; Niu, C. H.; Niu, J. R.; Qian, L.; Wang, S.; Xie, X. Y.; Xiao, Y. F.; Yue, Y. L.; You, S. P.; Yu, X. H.; Zhao, R. S.; Yuen, R.; Zhou, X.; Zhang, L.

    Astrophysical journal. Letters, 11/2023, Letnik: 958, Številka: 1
    Journal Article

    Abstract PSR J2150+3427 is a 0.654 s pulsar discovered by the Commensal Radio Astronomy FAST Survey. From the follow-up observations, we find that the pulsar is in a highly eccentric orbit ( e = 0.601) with an orbital period of 10.592 days and a projected semimajor axis of 25.488 lt-s. Using 2.7 yr of timing data, we also measured the rate of periastron advance ω ̇ = 0.0115(4) deg yr −1 . An estimate for the total mass of the system using the ω ̇ gives M tot = 2.59(13) M ⊙ , which is consistent with most of the known double neutron star (DNS) systems and one neutron star (NS)–white dwarf (WD) system named B2303+46. Combining ω ̇ with the mass function of the system gives the masses of M p < 1.67 and M c > 0.98 M ⊙ for the pulsar and the companion star, respectively. This constraint, along with the spin period and orbital parameters, suggests that it is possibly a DNS system, and we cannot entirely rule out the possibility of an NS–WD system. Future timing observations will vastly improve the uncertainty in ω ̇ , and are likely to allow the detection of additional relativistic effects, which can be used to modify the values of M p and M c . With a spin-down luminosity of E ̇ = 5.07(6) × 10 29 erg s −1 , PSR J2150+3427 is a very low-luminosity pulsar, with only the binary pulsar J2208+4610 having a smaller E ̇ .