Serendipitous Discovery of Three Millisecond Pulsars with the GMRT in Fermi-directed Survey and Follow-up Radio Timing

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Bhattacharyya, B.; Roy, J.; Freire, P.C.C.; Ray, P.S.; Johnson, T.J. et al.: Serendipitous Discovery of Three Millisecond Pulsars with the GMRT in Fermi-directed Survey and Follow-up Radio Timing. In: The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics : Part 1 933 (2022), Nr. 2, 159. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac74b6

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We report the discovery of three millisecond pulsars (MSPs): PSRs J1120-3618, J1646-2142, and J1828+0625 with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) at a frequency of 322 MHz using a 32 MHz observing bandwidth. These sources were discovered serendipitously while conducting the deep observations to search for millisecond radio pulsations in the directions of unidentified Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) γ-ray sources. We also present phase coherent timing models for these MSPs using ∼5 yr of observations with the GMRT. PSR J1120-3618 has a 5.5 ms spin period and is in a binary system with an orbital period of 5.6 days and minimum companion mass of 0.18 M, PSR J1646-2142 is an isolated object with a spin period of 5.8 ms, and PSR J1828+0625 has a spin period of 3.6 ms and is in a binary system with an orbital period of 77.9 days and minimum companion mass of 0.27 M. The two binaries have very low orbital eccentricities, in agreement with expectations for MSP-helium white dwarf systems. Using the GMRT 607 MHz receivers having a 32 MHz bandwidth, we have also detected PSR J1646-2142 and PSR J1828+0625, but not PSR J1120-3618. PSR J1646-2142 has a wide profile, with significant evolution between 322 and 607 MHz, whereas PSR J1120-3618 exhibits a single peaked profile at 322 MHz and PSR J1828+0625 exhibits a single peaked profile at both the observing frequencies. These MSPs do not have γ-ray counterparts, indicating that these are not associated with the target Fermi LAT pointing emphasizing the significance of deep blind searches for MSPs. © 2022. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
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Issue Date: 2022
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