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2012ApJ...754L..25R - Astrophys. J., 754, L25 (2012/August-1)

2FGL J1311.7-3429 joins the black widow club.

ROMANI R.W.

Abstract (from CDS):

We have found an optical/X-ray counterpart candidate for the bright, but presently unidentified, Fermi source 2FGL J1311.7-3429. This counterpart undergoes large-amplitude quasi-sinusoidal optical modulation with a 1.56 hr (5626 s) period. The modulated flux is blue at peak, with Teff~ 14, 000 K, and redder at minimum. Superimposed on this variation are dramatic optical flares. Archival X-ray data suggest modest binary modulation, but no eclipse. With the γ-ray properties, this appears to be another black-widow-type millisecond pulsar. If confirmation pulses can be found in the GeV data, this binary will have the shortest orbital period of any known spin-powered pulsar. The flares may be magnetic events on the rapidly rotating companion or shocks in the companion-stripping wind. While this may be a radio-quiet millisecond pulsar, we show that such objects are a small subset of the γ-ray pulsar population.

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Journal keyword(s): gamma rays: stars - pulsars: general

Simbad objects: 5

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