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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
Volume 747, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/747/1/L3
Keywords
binaries: close; gamma rays: stars; pulsars: general; stars: individual (1FGL J2339.7-0531, SDSS J233938.74-053305.2); X-rays: stars
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- National Science Council of the Republic of China (Taiwan) [NSC100-2628-M-007-002-MY3, NSC100-2923-M-007-001-MY3]
- Kenda Foundation
- Chandra award [GO0-11022A]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2011-0023383]
- GRF [HKU 700911P]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2011-0023383] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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The Fermi gamma-ray Space Telescope has revolutionized our knowledge of the gamma-ray pulsar population, leading to the discovery of almost 100 gamma-ray pulsars and dozens of gamma-ray millisecond pulsars (MSPs). Although the outer-gap model predicts different sites of emission for the radio and gamma-ray pulsars, until now all of the known gamma-ray MSPs have been visible in the radio. Here we report the discovery of a radio-quiet gamma-ray-emitting MSP candidate by using Fermi, Chandra, Swift, and optical observations. The X-ray and gamma-ray properties of the source are consistent with known gamma-ray pulsars. We also found a 4.63 hr orbital period in optical and X-ray data. We suggest that the source is a black widow-like MSP with a similar to 0.1 M-circle dot late-type companion star. Based on the profile of the optical and X-ray light curves, the companion star is believed to be heated by the pulsar while the X-ray emissions originate from pulsar magnetosphere and/or from intrabinary shock. No radio detection of the source has been reported yet, and although no gamma-ray/radio pulsation has been found we estimate that the spin period of the MSP is similar to 3-5 ms based on the inferred gamma-ray luminosity.
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