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2013ApJ...763L..13R - Astrophys. J., 763, L13 (2013/January-3)

Radio detection of the Fermi-LAT blind search millisecond pulsar J1311-3430.

RAY P.S., RANSOM S.M., CHEUNG C.C., GIROLETTI M., COGNARD I., CAMILO F., BHATTACHARYYA B., ROY J., ROMANI R.W., FERRARA E.C., GUILLEMOT L., JOHNSTON S., KEITH M., KERR M., KRAMER M., PLETSCH H.J., SAZ PARKINSON P.M. and WOOD K.S.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the detection of radio emission from PSR J1311-3430, the first millisecond pulsar (MSP) discovered in a blind search of Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) gamma-ray data. We detected radio pulsations at 2 GHz, visible for <10% of ∼4.5 hr of observations using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT). Observations at 5 GHz with the GBT and at several lower frequencies with Parkes, Nanay, and the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope resulted in non-detections. We also report the faint detection of a steep spectrum continuum radio source (0.1 mJy at 5 GHz) in interferometric imaging observations with the Jansky Very Large Array. These detections demonstrate that PSR J1311-3430 is not radio quiet and provide additional evidence that radio-quiet MSPs are rare. The radio dispersion measure of 37.8 pc/cm3 provides a distance estimate of 1.4 kpc for the system, yielding a gamma-ray efficiency of 30%, typical of LAT-detected MSPs. We see apparent excess delay in the radio pulses as the pulsar appears from eclipse and we speculate on possible mechanisms for the non-detections of the pulse at other orbital phases and observing frequencies.

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Journal keyword(s): pulsars: individual: PSR J1311-3430

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