期刊
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 795, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
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DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/795/1/29
关键词
globular clusters: individual (M5, NGC 5904); pulsars: individual (PSR J1518+0204C); techniques: photometric
资金
- European Research Council [ERC-2010-AdG-267675, 279702]
- NSERC
- NWO Vidi fellowship
- ERC [337062]
- Office Of Internatl Science &Engineering
- Office Of The Director [0968296] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- European Research Council (ERC) [337062] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
We report on the determination of astrometric, spin, and orbital parameters for PSR J1518+0204C, a black widow binary millisecond pulsar in the globular cluster (GC) M5. The accurate position and orbital parameters obtained from radio timing allowed us to search for the optical companion. By using WFC3/Hubble Space Telescope images, we identified a very faint variable star (m(F390W) greater than or similar to 24.8, m(F606W) greater than or similar to 24.3, m(F814W) greater than or similar to 23.1) located at only 0.25 from the pulsar's timing position. Due to its strong variability, this star is visible only in a subsample of images. However, the light curve obtained folding the available data with the orbital parameters of the pulsar shows a maximum at the pulsar inferior conjunction and a possible minimum at the pulsar superior conjunction. Furthermore, the shape of the optical modulation indicates a heating process possibly due to the pulsar wind. This is the first identification of an optical companion to a black widow pulsar in the dense stellar environment of a GC.
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