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Probing the Eclipse Region of a Binary Millisecond Pulsar

  • B. W. Stappers
  • , M. Bailes
  • , A. G. Lyne
  • , R. N. Manchester
  • , N. D'Amico
  • , T. M. Tauris
  • , D. R. Lorimer
  • , S. Johnston
  • , J. S. Sandhu

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Abstract

We report the discovery of a new eclipsing millisecond binary pulsar system, PSR J2051-0827. The pulsar has a period of 4.5 ms and is in a very compact circular orbit with a companion of mass ~0.03 Msolar. Observations at low frequencies show that the eclipse duration is approximately 10% of the orbital period. However, at high radio frequencies, pulses are often detected throughout the eclipse region, revealing interesting time-variable density structure in the eclipsing plasma....
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JournalThe Astrophysical Journal
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Publication statusPublished - Jul 1996

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