Fundamental Physics Using Black Widow, Redback and Transitional Pulsar Binaries

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Peer reviewed articles (16)

LOFAR Discovery of the Fastest-spinning Millisecond Pulsar in the Galactic Field

Author(s): C. G. Bassa, Z. Pleunis, J. W. T. Hessels, E. C. Ferrara, R. P. Breton, N. V. Gusinskaia, V. I. Kondratiev, S. Sanidas, L. Nieder, C. J. Clark, T. Li, A. S. van Amesfoort, T. H. Burnett, F. Camilo, P. F. Michelson, S. M. Ransom, P. S. Ray, K. Wood
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 846/2, 2017, Page(s) L20, ISSN 2041-8213
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa8400

Kepler K2 observations of the transitional millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038

Author(s): M R Kennedy, C J Clark, G Voisin, R P Breton
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 477/1, 2018, Page(s) 1120-1132, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty731

Einstein@Home discovers a radio-quiet gamma-ray millisecond pulsar

Author(s): Colin J. Clark, Holger J. Pletsch, Jason Wu, Lucas Guillemot, Matthew Kerr, Tyrel J. Johnson, Fernando Camilo, David Salvetti, Bruce Allen, David Anderson, Carsten Aulbert, Christian Beer, Oliver Bock, Andres Cuéllar, Heinz-Bernd Eggenstein, Henning Fehrmann, Michael Kramer, Shawn A. Kwang, Bernd Machenschalk, Lars Nieder, Markus Ackermann, Marco Ajello, Luca Baldini, Jean Ballet, Guido Barbielli
Published in: Science Advances, Issue 4/2, 2018, Page(s) eaao7228, ISSN 2375-2548
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao7228

LOFAR 150-MHz observations of SS 433 and W 50

Author(s): J W Broderick, R P Fender, J C A Miller-Jones, S A Trushkin, A J Stewart, G E Anderson, T D Staley, K M Blundell, M Pietka, S Markoff, A Rowlinson, J D Swinbank, A J van der Horst, M E Bell, R P Breton, D Carbone, S Corbel, J Eislöffel, H Falcke, J-M Grießmeier, J W T Hessels, V I Kondratiev, C J Law, G J Molenaar, M Serylak, B W Stappers, J van Leeuwen, R A M J Wijers, R Wijnands, M W Wise, P Z
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 475/4, 2018, Page(s) 5360-5377, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty081

The low-frequency radio eclipses of the black widow pulsar J1810+1744

Author(s): E J Polzin, R P Breton, A O Clarke, V I Kondratiev, B W Stappers, J W T Hessels, C G Bassa, J W Broderick, J-M Grießmeier, C Sobey, S ter Veen, J van Leeuwen, P Weltevrede
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 476/2, 2018, Page(s) 1968-1981, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty349

The FRATS project: real-time searches for fast radio bursts and other fast transients with LOFAR at 135 MHz

Author(s): S. ter Veen, J. E. Enriquez, H. Falcke, J. P. Rachen, M. van den Akker, P. Schellart, A. Bonardi, R. P. Breton, J. W. Broderick, S. Corbel, A. Corstanje, J. Eislöffel, J.-M. Grießmeier, J. R. Hörandel, A. J. van der Horst, C. J. Law, J. van Leeuwen, A. Nelles, L. Rossetto, A. Rowlinson, T. Winchen, P. Zarka
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Issue 621, 2019, Page(s) A57, ISSN 0004-6361
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201732515

Limits on absorption from a 332-MHz survey for fast radio bursts

Author(s): K M Rajwade, M B Mickaliger, B W Stappers, C G Bassa, R P Breton, A Karastergiou, E F Keane
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 493/3, 2020, Page(s) 4418-4427, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa616

A spider timing model: accounting for quadrupole deformations and relativity in close pulsar binaries

Author(s): Guillaume Voisin, René P Breton, Charlotte Summers
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 492/2, 2020, Page(s) 1550-1565, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz3430

Long-term variability of a black widow’s eclipses – A decade of PSR J2051$-$0827

Author(s): E J Polzin, R P Breton, B W Stappers, B Bhattacharyya, G H Janssen, S Osłowski, M S E Roberts, C Sobey
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 490/1, 2019, Page(s) 889-908, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz2579

Detection and Timing of Gamma-Ray Pulsations from the 707 Hz Pulsar J0952−0607

Author(s): L. Nieder, C. J. Clark, C. G. Bassa, J. Wu, A. Singh, J. Y. Donner, B. Allen, R. P. Breton, V. S. Dhillon, H.-B. Eggenstein, J. W. T. Hessels, M. R. Kennedy, M. Kerr, S. Littlefair, T. R. Marsh, D. Mata Sánchez, M. A. Papa, P. S. Ray, B. Steltner, J. P. W. Verbiest
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 883/1, 2019, Page(s) 42, ISSN 1538-4357
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab357e

Hard-state Accretion Disk Winds from Black Holes: The Revealing Case of MAXI J1820+070

Author(s): T. Muñoz-Darias, F. Jiménez-Ibarra, G. Panizo-Espinar, J. Casares, D. Mata Sánchez, G. Ponti, R. P. Fender, D. A. H. Buckley, P. Garnavich, M. A. P. Torres, M. Armas Padilla, P. A. Charles, J. M. Corral-Santana, J. J. E. Kajava, E. J. Kotze, C. Littlefield, J. Sánchez-Sierras, D. Steeghs, J. Thomas
Published in: The Astrophysical Journal, Issue 879/1, 2019, Page(s) L4, ISSN 2041-8213
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ab2768

Study of spider pulsar binary eclipses and discovery of an eclipse mechanism transition

Author(s): E J Polzin, R P Breton, B Bhattacharyya, D Scholte, C Sobey, B W Stappers
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2020, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa596

First measurement of the total gravitational quadrupole moment of a black widow companion

Author(s): Guillaume Voisin, C J Clark, R P Breton, V S Dhillon, M R Kennedy, D Mata-Sánchez
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2020, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa953

The complex evolution of the X-ray binary transient MAXI J1807+132 along the decay of its discovery outburst

Author(s): F Jiménez-Ibarra, T Muñoz-Darias, M Armas Padilla, D M Russell, J Casares, M A P Torres, D Mata Sánchez, P G Jonker, F Lewis
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 484/2, 2018, Page(s) 2078-2088, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty3457

LOFAR MSSS: Flattening low-frequency radio continuum spectra of nearby galaxies

Author(s): K. T. Chyży, W. Jurusik, J. Piotrowska, B. Nikiel-Wroczyński, V. Heesen, V. Vacca, N. Nowak, R. Paladino, P. Surma, S. S. Sridhar, G. Heald, R. Beck, J. Conway, K. Sendlinger, M. Curyło, D. Mulcahy, J. W. Broderick, M. J. Hardcastle, J. R. Callingham, G. Gürkan, M. Iacobelli, H. J. A. Röttgering, B. Adebahr, A. Shulevski, R.-J. Dettmar, R. P. Breton, A. O. Clarke, J. S. Farnes, E. Orrú, V. N
Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Issue 619, 2018, Page(s) A36, ISSN 0004-6361
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833133

Accretion and outflow in V404 Cyg

Author(s): J Casares, T Muñoz-Darias, D Mata Sánchez, P A Charles, M A P Torres, M Armas Padilla, R P Fender, J García-Rojas
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 488/1, 2019, Page(s) 1356-1365, ISSN 0035-8711
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz1793