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Wahl, H. M.; McLaughlin, M. A.; Gentile, P. A.; Jones, M. L.; Spiewak, R.; Arzoumanian, Z.; Crowter, K.; Demorest, P. B.; DeCesar, M. E.; Dolch, T.; et al(
, The Astrophysical Journal)
Abstract In this work, we present polarization profiles for 23 millisecond pulsars observed at 820 and 1500 MHz with the Green Bank Telescope as part of the NANOGrav pulsar timing array. We calibrate the data using Mueller matrix solutions calculated from observations of PSRs B1929+10 and J1022+1001. We discuss the polarization profiles, which can be used to constrain pulsar emission geometry, and present both the first published radio polarization profiles for nine pulsars and the discovery of very low-intensity average profile components (“microcomponents”) in four pulsars. We obtain the Faraday rotation measures for each pulsar and use them to calculatemore »the Galactic magnetic field parallel to the line of sight for different lines of sight through the interstellar medium. We fit for linear and sinusoidal trends in time in the dispersion measure and Galactic magnetic field and detect magnetic field variations with a period of 1 yr in some pulsars, but overall find that the variations in these parameters are more consistent with a stochastic origin.« less
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Miller, M. C.; Lamb, F. K.; Dittmann, A. J.; Bogdanov, S.; Arzoumanian, Z.; Gendreau, K. C.; Guillot, S.; Ho, W. C.; Lattimer, J. M.; Loewenstein, M.; et al(
, The Astrophysical Journal Letters)
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Fonseca, E.; Cromartie, H. T.; Pennucci, T. T.; Ray, P. S.; Kirichenko, A. Yu.; Ransom, S. M.; Demorest, P. B.; Stairs, I. H.; Arzoumanian, Z.; Guillemot, L.; et al(
, The Astrophysical Journal Letters)
Cúneo, V A; Alabarta, K; Zhang, L; Altamirano, D; Méndez, M; Armas Padilla, M; Remillard, R; Homan, J; Steiner, J F; Combi, J A; et al(
, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)
ABSTRACT The black hole candidate and X-ray binary MAXI J1535−571 was discovered in 2017 September. During the decay of its discovery outburst, and before returning to quiescence, the source underwent at least four reflaring events, with peak luminosities of ∼1035–36 erg s−1 (d/4.1 kpc)2. To investigate the nature of these flares, we analysed a sample of NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) observations taken with almost daily cadence. In this work, we present the detailed spectral and timing analysis of the evolution of the four reflares. The higher sensitivity of NICER at lower energies, in comparison with other X-ray detectors, allowed us tomore »constrain the disc component of the spectrum at ∼0.5 keV. We found that during each reflare the source appears to trace out a q-shaped track in the hardness–intensity diagram similar to those observed in black hole binaries during full outbursts. MAXI J1535−571 transits between the hard state (valleys) and softer states (peaks) during these flares. Moreover, the Comptonized component is undetected at the peak of the first reflare, while the disc component is undetected during the valleys. Assuming the most likely distance of 4.1 kpc, we find that the hard-to-soft transitions take place at the lowest luminosities ever observed in a black hole transient, while the soft-to-hard transitions occur at some of the lowest luminosities ever reported for such systems.« less
Antoniadis, J; Arzoumanian, Z; Babak, S; Bailes, M; Bak Nielsen, A-S; Baker, P T; Bassa, C G; Bécsy, B; Berthereau, A; Bonetti, M; et al(
, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)
ABSTRACT We searched for an isotropic stochastic gravitational wave background in the second data release of the International Pulsar Timing Array, a global collaboration synthesizing decadal-length pulsar-timing campaigns in North America, Europe, and Australia. In our reference search for a power-law strain spectrum of the form $h_c = A(f/1\, \mathrm{yr}^{-1})^{\alpha }$, we found strong evidence for a spectrally similar low-frequency stochastic process of amplitude $A = 3.8^{+6.3}_{-2.5}\times 10^{-15}$ and spectral index α = −0.5 ± 0.5, where the uncertainties represent 95 per cent credible regions, using information from the auto- and cross-correlation terms between the pulsars in the array. For a spectral index of α =more »−2/3, as expected from a population of inspiralling supermassive black hole binaries, the recovered amplitude is $A = 2.8^{+1.2}_{-0.8}\times 10^{-15}$. None the less, no significant evidence of the Hellings–Downs correlations that would indicate a gravitational-wave origin was found. We also analysed the constituent data from the individual pulsar timing arrays in a consistent way, and clearly demonstrate that the combined international data set is more sensitive. Furthermore, we demonstrate that this combined data set produces comparable constraints to recent single-array data sets which have more data than the constituent parts of the combination. Future international data releases will deliver increased sensitivity to gravitational wave radiation, and significantly increase the detection probability.« less
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Kara, E.; Steiner, J. F.; Fabian, A. C.; Cackett, E. M.; Uttley, P.; Remillard, R. A.; Gendreau, K. C.; Arzoumanian, Z.; Altamirano, D.; Eikenberry, S.; et al(
, Nature)
Stevens, A. L.; Uttley, P.; Altamirano, D.; Arzoumanian, Z.; Bult, P.; Cackett, E. M.; Fabian, A. C.; Gendreau, K. C.; Ha, K. Q.; Homan, J.; et al(
, The Astrophysical Journal)
Hazboun, J. S.; Simon, J.; Taylor, S. R.; Lam, M. T.; Vigeland, S. J.; Islo, K.; Key, J. S.; Arzoumanian, Z.; Baker, P. T.; Brazier, A.; et al(
, The Astrophysical Journal)
Vallisneri, M.; Taylor, S. R.; Simon, J.; Folkner, W. M.; Park, R. S.; Cutler, C.; Ellis, J. A.; Lazio, T. J.; Vigeland, S. J.; Aggarwal, K.; et al(
, The Astrophysical Journal)
Aggarwal, K.; Arzoumanian, Z.; Baker, P. T.; Brazier, A.; Brook, P. R.; Burke-Spolaor, S.; Chatterjee, S.; Cordes, J. M.; Cornish, N. J.; Crawford, F.; et al(
, The Astrophysical Journal)
