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A 62-minute orbital period black widow binary in a wide hierarchical triple.
Burdge, Kevin B; Marsh, Thomas R; Fuller, Jim; Bellm, Eric C; Caiazzo, Ilaria; Chakrabarty, Deepto; Coughlin, Michael W; De, Kishalay; Dhillon, V S; Graham, Matthew J; Rodríguez-Gil, Pablo; Jaodand, Amruta D; Kaplan, David L; Kara, Erin; Kong, Albert K H; Kulkarni, S R; Li, Kwan-Lok; Littlefair, S P; Majid, Walid A; Mróz, Przemek; Pearlman, Aaron B; Phinney, E S; Roestel, Jan van; Simcoe, Robert A; Andreoni, Igor; Drake, Andrew J; Dekany, Richard G; Duev, Dmitry A; Kool, Erik C; Mahabal, Ashish A; Medford, Michael S; Riddle, Reed; Prince, Thomas A.
Afiliación
  • Burdge KB; Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. kburdge@mit.edu.
  • Marsh TR; Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. kburdge@mit.edu.
  • Fuller J; Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
  • Bellm EC; Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
  • Caiazzo I; TAPIR, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
  • Chakrabarty D; DIRAC Institute, Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
  • Coughlin MW; Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
  • De K; TAPIR, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
  • Dhillon VS; Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
  • Graham MJ; Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
  • Rodríguez-Gil P; School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
  • Jaodand AD; Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
  • Kaplan DL; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
  • Kara E; Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain.
  • Kong AKH; Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
  • Kulkarni SR; Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain.
  • Li KL; Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain.
  • Littlefair SP; Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
  • Majid WA; Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
  • Mróz P; Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
  • Pearlman AB; Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
  • Phinney ES; Institute of Astronomy, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
  • Roestel JV; Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
  • Simcoe RA; Department of Physics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
  • Andreoni I; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
  • Drake AJ; Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
  • Dekany RG; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
  • Duev DA; Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
  • Kool EC; Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
  • Mahabal AA; Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
  • Medford MS; Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  • Riddle R; McGill Space Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  • Prince TA; Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Nature ; 605(7908): 41-45, 2022 05.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35508781
ABSTRACT
Over a dozen millisecond pulsars are ablating low-mass companions in close binary systems. In the original 'black widow', the eight-hour orbital period eclipsing pulsar PSR J1959+2048 (PSR B1957+20)1, high-energy emission originating from the pulsar2 is irradiating and may eventually destroy3 a low-mass companion. These systems are not only physical laboratories that reveal the interesting results of exposing a close companion star to the relativistic energy output of a pulsar, but are also believed to harbour some of the most massive neutron stars4, allowing for robust tests of the neutron star equation of state. Here we report observations of ZTF J1406+1222, a wide hierarchical triple hosting a 62-minute orbital period black widow candidate, the optical flux of which varies by a factor of more than ten. ZTF J1406+1222 pushes the boundaries of evolutionary models5, falling below the 80-minute minimum orbital period of hydrogen-rich systems. The wide tertiary companion is a rare low-metallicity cool subdwarf star, and the system has a Galactic halo orbit consistent with passing near the Galactic Centre, making it a probe of formation channels, neutron star kick physics6 and binary evolution.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Banco de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: Nature Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Banco de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: Nature Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos