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Swings between rotation and accretion power in a binary millisecond pulsar

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  • A. Papitto

    (Institute of Space Sciences (ICE; IEEC-CSIC), Campus UAB, Faculty of Science, Torre C5, Parell, 2a Planta, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
    IEEC-CSIC), Campus UAB, Faculty of Science, Torre C5, Parell, 2a Planta, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain)

  • C. Ferrigno

    (ISDC, Université de Genève, 16 chemin d’Écogia, 16, CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland)

  • E. Bozzo

    (ISDC, Université de Genève, 16 chemin d’Écogia, 16, CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland)

  • N. Rea

    (Institute of Space Sciences (ICE; IEEC-CSIC), Campus UAB, Faculty of Science, Torre C5, Parell, 2a Planta, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
    IEEC-CSIC), Campus UAB, Faculty of Science, Torre C5, Parell, 2a Planta, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain)

  • L. Pavan

    (ISDC, Université de Genève, 16 chemin d’Écogia, 16, CH-1290 Versoix, Switzerland)

  • L. Burderi

    (Universitá di Cagliari, SP Monserrato-Sestu, Km 0.7, I-09042 Monserrato, Italy)

  • M. Burgay

    (INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, loc. Poggio dei Pini, strada 54, I-09012 Capoterra, Italy)

  • S. Campana

    (INAF –Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Via Bianchi 46, I-23807 Merate, Lecco, Italy)

  • T. Di Salvo

    (Universitá di Palermo, via Archirafi 36, I-90123 Palermo, Italy)

  • M. Falanga

    (International Space Science Institute, Hallerstrasse 6, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland)

  • M. D. Filipović

    (University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC, NSW 1797, Australia)

  • P. C. C. Freire

    (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany)

  • J. W. T. Hessels

    (ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
    Astronomical Institute “Anton Pannekoek”, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

  • A. Possenti

    (INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, loc. Poggio dei Pini, strada 54, I-09012 Capoterra, Italy)

  • S. M. Ransom

    (National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), 520 Edgemont Road)

  • A. Riggio

    (Universitá di Cagliari, SP Monserrato-Sestu, Km 0.7, I-09042 Monserrato, Italy)

  • P. Romano

    (INAF – Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Via U. La Malfa 153, I-90146 Palermo, Italy)

  • J. M. Sarkissian

    (CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, PO Box 76, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia)

  • I. H. Stairs

    (University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada)

  • L. Stella

    (INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Via di Frascati 33, I-00040 Monte Porzio Catone, Roma, Italy)

  • D. F. Torres

    (Institute of Space Sciences (ICE; IEEC-CSIC), Campus UAB, Faculty of Science, Torre C5, Parell, 2a Planta, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
    IEEC-CSIC), Campus UAB, Faculty of Science, Torre C5, Parell, 2a Planta, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
    Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), 08010 Barcelona, Spain)

  • M. H. Wieringa

    (CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, Locked Bag 194, Narrabri, NSW 2390, Australia)

  • G. F. Wong

    (University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC, NSW 1797, Australia
    CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, PO Box 76, Epping, NSW 1710, Australia)

Abstract

A neutron star with a low mass companion star was observed at different times as a millisecond pulsar powered either by the rotation of its magnetic field or by the accretion of mass, demonstrating the evolutionary link between these two classes of pulsars, and probing the short timescales on which the transitions between the two states may occur.

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  • A. Papitto & C. Ferrigno & E. Bozzo & N. Rea & L. Pavan & L. Burderi & M. Burgay & S. Campana & T. Di Salvo & M. Falanga & M. D. Filipović & P. C. C. Freire & J. W. T. Hessels & A. Possenti & S. M. Ra, 2013. "Swings between rotation and accretion power in a binary millisecond pulsar," Nature, Nature, vol. 501(7468), pages 517-520, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:501:y:2013:i:7468:d:10.1038_nature12470
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12470
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