Optical Detection of Two Intermediate Mass Binary Pulsar Companions

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2006-02-23

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0602501v1

Astrophys.J. 640 (2006) L183-L186

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in ApJL

Scientific paper

10.1086/503546

We report the detection of probable optical counterparts for two Intermediate Mass Binary Pulsar (IMBP) systems, PSR J1528-3146 and PSR J1757-5322. Recent radio pulsar surveys have uncovered a handful of these systems with putative massive white dwarf companions, thought to have an evolutionary history different from that of the more numerous class of Low Mass Binary Pulsars (LMBPs) with He white dwarf companions. The study of IMBP companions via optical observations offers us several new diagnostics: the evolution of main sequence stars near the white-dwarf-neutron star boundary, the physics of white dwarfs close to the Chandrasekhar limit, and insights into the recycling process by which old pulsars are spun up to high rotation frequencies. We were unsuccessful in our attempt to detect optical counterparts of PSR J1141-6545, PSR J1157-5112, PSR J1435-6100, and PSR J1454-5846.

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