
doi: 10.1126/science.1157580 , 10.25916/sut.26268982 , 10.48550/arxiv.0805.2396 , 10.25916/sut.26268982.v1
pmid: 18483399
arXiv: 0805.2396
handle: 11245/1.301804 , 2066/72626 , 1959.3/37409
doi: 10.1126/science.1157580 , 10.25916/sut.26268982 , 10.48550/arxiv.0805.2396 , 10.25916/sut.26268982.v1
pmid: 18483399
arXiv: 0805.2396
handle: 11245/1.301804 , 2066/72626 , 1959.3/37409
Binary pulsar systems are superb probes of stellar and binary evolution and the physics of extreme environments. In a survey with the Arecibo telescope, we have found PSR J1903+0327, a radio pulsar with a rotational period of 2.15 milliseconds in a highly eccentric ( e = 0.44) 95-day orbit around a solar mass ( \batchmode \documentclass[fleqn,10pt,legalpaper]{article} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amsmath} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \(\mathrm{M}_{{\odot}}\) \end{document} ) companion. Infrared observations identify a possible main-sequence companion star. Conventional binary stellar evolution models predict neither large orbital eccentricities nor main-sequence companions around millisecond pulsars. Alternative formation scenarios involve recycling a neutron star in a globular cluster, then ejecting it into the Galactic disk, or membership in a hierarchical triple system. A relativistic analysis of timing observations of the pulsar finds its mass to be 1.74 ± 0.04 \batchmode \documentclass[fleqn,10pt,legalpaper]{article} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amsmath} \pagestyle{empty} \begin{document} \(\mathrm{M}_{{\odot}}\) \end{document} , an unusually high value.
Astronomy, Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, 520
Astronomy, Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, 520
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