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Feb 2008
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40 YEARS OF PULSARS: Millisecond Pulsars, Magnetars and More. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 983, pp. 453-458 (2008).
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Pulsars, Neutron Stars, Binary And Multiple Stars, Gravitational Radiation, Magnetic Fields, And Other Observations, Masses, Spiral Galaxies
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We present refined neutron star masses measured in an Arecibo observing campaign of two binary radio pulsars, and we summarize the masses of the binary radio pulsar population.
For PSR J0621+1002, we find the relativistic rate of advance of periastron to be ω˙ = 0.0105+/-0.0002° yr-1, implying a total system mass (pulsar plus companion) of m1+m2 = 2.37+/-0.12 Msolar. Combined with the non-detection of Shapiro delay and an assumption that the companion star is a white dwarf, we constrain the mass of this pulsar to be m1 = 1.70-0.17+0.10 Msolar (68% confidence), in agreement with previous measurements of this pulsar, but with higher precision.
For PSR 0751+1807, we find the rate of orbital decay due to emission of gravitational radiation to be Ṗb = -(3.1+/-0.5)×10-14. Combining this with detection of Shapiro delay yields a pulsar mass of 1.26+/-0.14 Msolar (68% confidence), much smaller than the previously reported value of 2.1+/-0.2 Msolar. We discuss the reason for this discrepancy.
We present a summary of masses if pulsars in the Galactic disk measured via relativistic timing. We find recycled pulsars in neutron star-neutron star binaries to be about 0.05 Msolar more massive than their unrecycled counterparts, and we find recycled pulsar in neutron star-white dwarf binaries to be about 0.20 Msolar more massive than unrecycled pulsars. However, we caution against over-interpretation of these numbers. There is a significant spread in the distribution of masses measured in neutron star-neutron star binaries, and there are large uncertainties in masses measured in neutron star-white dwarf binaries, so these values must be considered tentative.
Kasian Laura E.
Nice David J.
Stairs Ingrid Helen
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