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[en] We present Keck spectroscopic measurements of the millisecond pulsar binary J2215+5135. These data indicate a neutron-star (NS) mass , much less than previously estimated. The pulsar heats the companion face to K; the large heating efficiency may be mediated by the intrabinary shock dominating the X-ray light curve. At the best-fit inclination i = 88.°8, the pulsar should be eclipsed. We find weak evidence for such eclipses in the pulsed gamma-rays; an improved radio ephemeris allows use of up to five times more Fermi-Large Area Telescope gamma-ray photons for a definitive test of this picture. If confirmed, the gamma-ray eclipse provides a novel probe of the dense companion wind and the pulsar magnetosphere.
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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/809/1/L10; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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Astrophysical Journal Letters; ISSN 2041-8205;
; v. 809(1); [5 p.]

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