Timing Observations of Four Millisecond Pulsars with the Arecibo and Effelsberg Radio Telescopes

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Jan 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000apj...528..907w&link_type=abstract

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 528, Issue 2, pp. 907-912.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astrometry, Stars: Pulsars: General, Stars: Kinematics

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We present long-term timing observations of four millisecond radio pulsars with the 305 m Arecibo and the 100 m Effelsberg radiotelescopes. Our analysis of the combined pulse time-of-arrival data from the two telescopes has led to improvements of the precision of timing parameter determination for all the four pulsars. A new, much more significant measurement of a third-order spin frequency derivative of PSR B1257+12 adds to the existing evidence that a fourth, distant planet may orbit this pulsar. Proper motions have been measured for PSR J1640+2224, PSR B1953+29, and PSR J2229+2643. The derived low transverse velocities of these objects agree with the kinematic characteristics of the observed millisecond pulsar population. Exceptionally low spindown rates of PSR J1640+2224 and PSR J2229+2634 have been used to derive useful limits on the initial spin periods of these objects and on the variation of the gravitational constant G.

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