Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-09-15
Astrophys.J.656:408-413,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
15 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/509312
We present five recycled pulsars discovered during a 21-cm survey of approximately 4,150 deg^2 between 15 deg and 30 deg from the galactic plane using the Parkes radio telescope. One new pulsar, PSR J1528-3146, has a 61 ms spin period and a massive white dwarf companion. Like many recycled pulsars with heavy companions, the orbital eccentricity is relatively high (~0.0002), consistent with evolutionary models that predict less time for circularization. The four remaining pulsars have short spin periods (3 ms < P < 6 ms); three of these have probable white dwarf binary companions and one (PSR J2010-1323) is isolated. PSR J1600-3053 is relatively bright for its dispersion measure of 52.3 pc cm^-3 and promises good timing precision thanks to an intrinsically narrow feature in its pulse profile, resolvable through coherent dedispersion. In this survey, the recycled pulsar discovery rate was one per four days of telescope time or one per 600 deg^2 of sky. The variability of these sources implies that there are more millisecond pulsars that might be found by repeating this survey.
Bailes Matthew
Hotan Aidan W.
Jacoby Barry A.
Knight Haydon S.
Ord Stephen M.
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