FAST Discovery of Eight Isolated Millisecond Pulsars in NGC 6517

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Main Authors: Yin, Dejiang, Zhang, Li-yun, Qian, Lei, Eatough, Ralph P., Li, Baoda, Lorimer, Duncan R., Dai, Yinfeng, Li, Yaowei, Zhang, Xingnan, Li, Minghui, Su, Tianhao, Wu, Yuxiao, Pan, Yu, Lian, Yujie, Liu, Tong, Yan, Zhen, Pan, Zhichen
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author Yin, Dejiang
Zhang, Li-yun
Qian, Lei
Eatough, Ralph P.
Li, Baoda
Lorimer, Duncan R.
Dai, Yinfeng
Li, Yaowei
Zhang, Xingnan
Li, Minghui
Su, Tianhao
Wu, Yuxiao
Pan, Yu
Lian, Yujie
Liu, Tong
Yan, Zhen
Pan, Zhichen
author_facet Yin, Dejiang
Zhang, Li-yun
Qian, Lei
Eatough, Ralph P.
Li, Baoda
Lorimer, Duncan R.
Dai, Yinfeng
Li, Yaowei
Zhang, Xingnan
Li, Minghui
Su, Tianhao
Wu, Yuxiao
Pan, Yu
Lian, Yujie
Liu, Tong
Yan, Zhen
Pan, Zhichen
contents We present the discovery of 8 isolated millisecond pulsars in Globular Cluster (GC) NGC 6517 using the Five-Hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST). The spin periods of those pulsars (namely PSR J1801-0857K to R, or, NGC 6517K to R) are all shorter than 10 ms. With these discoveries, NGC 6517 is currently the GC with the most known pulsars in the FAST sky. The largest difference in dispersion measure of the pulsars in NGC 6517 is 11.2 cm$^{-3}$ pc, the second among all GCs. The fraction of isolated pulsars in this GC (16 of 17, 94$\%$) is consistent with previous studies indicating an overabundance of isolated pulsars in the densest GCs, especially in those undergoing cluster core collapse. Considering the FAST GC pulsar discoveries, we modeled the GC pulsar population using the empirical Bayesian method described by Turk and Lorimer with the recent counts. Using this approach, we find that the expected number of potential pulsars in GCs seems to be correlated with the central escape velocity, hence, the GCs Liller 1, NGC 6441, M54 (NGC 6715), and $ω$-Cen (NGC 5139) are expected to host the largest numbers of pulsars.
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spellingShingle FAST Discovery of Eight Isolated Millisecond Pulsars in NGC 6517
Yin, Dejiang
Zhang, Li-yun
Qian, Lei
Eatough, Ralph P.
Li, Baoda
Lorimer, Duncan R.
Dai, Yinfeng
Li, Yaowei
Zhang, Xingnan
Li, Minghui
Su, Tianhao
Wu, Yuxiao
Pan, Yu
Lian, Yujie
Liu, Tong
Yan, Zhen
Pan, Zhichen
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
We present the discovery of 8 isolated millisecond pulsars in Globular Cluster (GC) NGC 6517 using the Five-Hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST). The spin periods of those pulsars (namely PSR J1801-0857K to R, or, NGC 6517K to R) are all shorter than 10 ms. With these discoveries, NGC 6517 is currently the GC with the most known pulsars in the FAST sky. The largest difference in dispersion measure of the pulsars in NGC 6517 is 11.2 cm$^{-3}$ pc, the second among all GCs. The fraction of isolated pulsars in this GC (16 of 17, 94$\%$) is consistent with previous studies indicating an overabundance of isolated pulsars in the densest GCs, especially in those undergoing cluster core collapse. Considering the FAST GC pulsar discoveries, we modeled the GC pulsar population using the empirical Bayesian method described by Turk and Lorimer with the recent counts. Using this approach, we find that the expected number of potential pulsars in GCs seems to be correlated with the central escape velocity, hence, the GCs Liller 1, NGC 6441, M54 (NGC 6715), and $ω$-Cen (NGC 5139) are expected to host the largest numbers of pulsars.
title FAST Discovery of Eight Isolated Millisecond Pulsars in NGC 6517
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.18228