Published 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

The Green Bank North Celestial Cap Pulsar Survey. III. 45 New Pulsar Timing Solutions

  • 1. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI (United States)
  • 2. Green Bank Observatory, Green Bank, WV (United States)
  • 3. Astro Space Center of the Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 4. ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Dwingeloo (Netherlands)

Description

We provide timing solutions for 45 radio pulsars discovered by the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope. These pulsars were found in the Green Bank North Celestial Cap pulsar survey, an all-GBT-sky survey being carried out at a frequency of 350MHz. We include pulsar timing data from the Green Bank Telescope and Low Frequency Array. Our sample includes five fully recycled millisecond pulsars (MSPs, three of which are in a binary system), a new relativistic double neutron star system, an intermediate-mass binary pulsar, a mode-changing pulsar, a 138 ms pulsar with a very low magnetic field, and several nulling pulsars. We have measured two post-Keplerian parameters and thus the masses of both objects in the double neutron star system. We also report a tentative companion mass measurement via Shapiro delay in a binary MSP. Two of the MSPs can be timed with high precision and have been included in pulsar timing arrays being used to search for low-frequency gravitational waves, while a third MSP is a member of the black widow class of binaries. Proper motion is measurable in five pulsars, and we provide an estimate of their space velocity. We report on an optical counterpart to a new black widow system and provide constraints on the optical counterparts to other binary MSPs. We also present a preliminary analysis of nulling pulsars in our sample. Furthermore, these results demonstrate the scientific return of long timing campaigns on pulsars of all types.

Availability note (English)

Available from https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1565904; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1565904; DOE Accepted Manuscript full text, or the publishers Best Available Version will be available free of charge after the embargo period

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astrophysical Journal (Online)
Journal Volume
859
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
1538-4357

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
52110962
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NEUTRON STARS; PROPER MOTION; PULSARS
Descriptors DEC
COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; MOTION; STARS

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