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A Young White Dwarf Orbiting PSR J1835-3259B in the Bulge Globular Cluster NGC 6652

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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 948, 期 2, 页码 -

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IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/acc583

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We report the discovery of the companion star to the millisecond pulsar PSR J1835-3259B in the Galactic globular cluster NGC 6652. Using deep photometric archival observations acquired through the Hubble Space Telescope, a bright and blue object was identified at a position compatible with that of the radio pulsar. The companion is a young white dwarf with a mass of 0.17 +/- 0.02 M (solar mass) and a surface temperature of 11,500 +/- 1900 K, indicating a highly nonconservative mass accretion phase.
We report on the discovery of the companion star to the millisecond pulsar PSR J1835-3259B in the Galactic globular cluster NGC 6652. Taking advantage of deep photometric archival observations acquired through the Hubble Space Telescope in near-UV and optical bands, we identified a bright and blue object at a position compatible with that of the radio pulsar. The companion is located along the helium-core white dwarf cooling sequence, and the comparison with binary evolution models provides a mass of 0.17 +/- 0.02 M (circle dot), a surface temperature of 11,500 +/- 1900 K, and a very young cooling age of only 200 +/- 100 Myr. The mass and the age of the companion are compatible with a progenitor star of about 0.87 M (circle dot), which started transferring mass to the primary during its evolution along the subgiant branch and stopped during the early red giant branch phase. Combining together the pulsar mass function and the companion mass, we found that this system is observed at an almost edge-on orbit and hosts a neutron star with a mass of 1.44 +/- 0.06 M (circle dot), thus suggesting a highly nonconservative mass accretion phase. The young age of the WD companion is consistent with the scenario of a powerful, relatively young MSP indicated by the earlier detection of gamma-rays from this system.

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