PSR J1947-1120: A New Huntsman Millisecond Pulsar Binary
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| author | Strader, Jay Ray, Paul S. Urquhart, Ryan Swihart, Samuel J. Chomiuk, Laura Aydi, Elias Bellm, Eric C. Dage, Kristen C. DeCesar, Megan E. Deneva, Julia S. McLaughlin, Maura A. Molina, Isabella Panurach, Teresa Sokolovsky, Kirill V. |
| author_facet | Strader, Jay Ray, Paul S. Urquhart, Ryan Swihart, Samuel J. Chomiuk, Laura Aydi, Elias Bellm, Eric C. Dage, Kristen C. DeCesar, Megan E. Deneva, Julia S. McLaughlin, Maura A. Molina, Isabella Panurach, Teresa Sokolovsky, Kirill V. |
| contents | We present the discovery of PSR J1947-1120, a new huntsman millisecond pulsar with a red giant companion star in a 10.3 d orbit. This pulsar was found via optical, X-ray, and radio follow-up of the previously unassociated gamma-ray source 4FGL J1947.6-1121. PSR J1947-1120 is the second confirmed pulsar in the huntsman class and establishes this as a bona fide subclass of millisecond pulsar. We use MESA models to show that huntsman pulsars can be naturally explained as neutron star binaries whose secondaries are currently in the "red bump" region of the red giant branch, temporarily underfilling their Roche lobes and hence halting mass transfer. Huntsman pulsars offer a new view of the formation of typical millisecond pulsars, allowing novel constraints on the efficiency of mass transfer and recycling at an intermediate stage in the process. |
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| spellingShingle | PSR J1947-1120: A New Huntsman Millisecond Pulsar Binary Strader, Jay Ray, Paul S. Urquhart, Ryan Swihart, Samuel J. Chomiuk, Laura Aydi, Elias Bellm, Eric C. Dage, Kristen C. DeCesar, Megan E. Deneva, Julia S. McLaughlin, Maura A. Molina, Isabella Panurach, Teresa Sokolovsky, Kirill V. High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Solar and Stellar Astrophysics We present the discovery of PSR J1947-1120, a new huntsman millisecond pulsar with a red giant companion star in a 10.3 d orbit. This pulsar was found via optical, X-ray, and radio follow-up of the previously unassociated gamma-ray source 4FGL J1947.6-1121. PSR J1947-1120 is the second confirmed pulsar in the huntsman class and establishes this as a bona fide subclass of millisecond pulsar. We use MESA models to show that huntsman pulsars can be naturally explained as neutron star binaries whose secondaries are currently in the "red bump" region of the red giant branch, temporarily underfilling their Roche lobes and hence halting mass transfer. Huntsman pulsars offer a new view of the formation of typical millisecond pulsars, allowing novel constraints on the efficiency of mass transfer and recycling at an intermediate stage in the process. |
| title | PSR J1947-1120: A New Huntsman Millisecond Pulsar Binary |
| topic | High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Solar and Stellar Astrophysics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.05509 |