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most citedThe largest glitch observed in the Crab pulsar

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astro-ph.HE2026

Two sides of the same spin: tracking optical and radio pulsations of SAX J1808.4-3658 from outburst to quiescence

C. Ballocco, A. Miraval Zanon, A. Papitto +25

High-time-resolution optical and UV observations have revealed bright coherent pulsations from accreting millisecond pulsars, exceeding the luminosity expected from thermal emissio…

astro-ph.HE2026

Radio and Gamma-Ray Timing of a Newly Discovered Millisecond Pulsar

L. Vleeschower, R. Sengar, L. Nieder +17

We report the discovery and timing of PSR J2147-3604, a fully recycled millisecond pulsar with a spin period of 3.2 ms, discovered in a reprocessing of the 350-MHz Green Bank North…

astro-ph.HE2026

Discovery of 27 new Rotating Radio Transients by MeerTRAP

S. Singh, J. Tian, B. W. Stappers +15

We present the discovery of 27 new Galactic transients made by the commensal MeerTRAP single pulse search programme at the MeerKAT telescope. We determine the location of 14 of the…

astro-ph.HE2026

Fifteen new millisecond pulsars in 47 Tucanae

W. Chen, D. Risbud, P. C. C. Freire +16

47 Tucanae is one of the largest, brightest, and closest globular clusters to Earth. It hosts an exotic stellar population with stellar dynamics that indicate a complex evolution h…

astro-ph.HE2026

Pulsar Discoveries from the TRAPUM UHF Survey of Fermi-LAT Sources

Tinn Thongmeearkom, Colin J. Clark, Rene P. Breton +25

The Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) provides advantages for radio pulsar searches by enabling efficient target selection. We can confidently point radio telescopes to the position…

astro-ph.HE2025

Discovery of two new millisecond pulsars towards the Galactic bulge

J. Berteaud, F. Calore, M. Clavel +13

The mysterious Galactic Center Excess of gamma rays could be explained by a large population of millisecond pulsars hiding in the Galactic bulge, too faint to be detected as indivi…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Optical Study of TRAPUM Pulsars and Modelling of the Redbacks: PSR J10364353 and PSR J18036707

A. Phosrisom, R. P. Breton, C. J. Clark +12

The Transients and Pulsars with MeerKAT (TRAPUM) project discovered eight binary millisecond pulsars in its first shallow \textit{L}-band survey of unidentified \textit{Fermi} -…

astro-ph.HE2025

Discovery of 30 Galactic radio transient pulsars with MeerTRAP

J. Tian, S. Singh, B. W. Stappers +15

We present the discovery of 30 new Galactic sources from the MeerTRAP project, a commensal fast radio transient search programme using the MeerKAT telescope. These sources were all…

astro-ph.HE2025

MeerKAT discovery of a hyperactive repeating fast radio burst source

J. Tian, I. Pastor-Marazuela, K. M. Rajwade +17

We present the discovery and localisation of a repeating fast radio burst (FRB) source from the MeerTRAP project, a commensal fast radio transient search programme using the MeerKA…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 5 cited

Radio and gamma-ray timing of TRAPUM L-band Fermi pulsar survey discoveries

M. Burgay, L. Nieder, C. J. Clark +18

This paper presents the results of a joint radio and gamma-ray timing campaign on the nine millisecond pulsars (MSPs) discovered as part of the L-band targeted survey of Fermi-LAT…

astro-ph.HE2024

MeerKAT observations of pair-plasma induced birefringence in the double pulsar eclipses

M. E. Lower, M. Kramer, S. Johnston +10

PSR J07373039A/B is unique among double neutron star systems. Its near-perfect edge-on orbit causes the fast spinning pulsar A to be eclipsed by the magnetic field of the slow s…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 3 cited

TRAPUM pulsar and transient search in the Sextans A and B galaxies and discovery of background FRB 20210924D

E. Carli, L. Levin, B. W. Stappers +10

The Small and Large Magellanic Clouds are the only galaxies outside our own in which radio pulsars have been discovered to date. The sensitivity of the MeerKAT radio interferometer…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 2 cited

Searching for Pulsars, Magnetars, and Fast Radio Bursts in the Sculptor Galaxy using MeerKAT

H. Hurter, C. Venter, L. Levin +10

The Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253), located in the Southern Hemisphere, far off the Galactic Plane, has a relatively high star-formation rate of about 7 M yr and hosts…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 7 cited

The TRAPUM Large Magellanic Cloud pulsar survey with MeerKAT I: Survey setup and first seven pulsar discoveries

V. Prayag, L. Levin, M. Geyer +15

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) presents a unique environment for pulsar population studies due to its distinct star formation characteristics and proximity to the Milky Way. As p…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 1 cited

The TRAPUM Small Magellanic Cloud pulsar survey with MeerKAT -- II. Nine new radio timing solutions and glitches from young pulsars

E. Carli, D. Antonopoulou, M. Burgay +17

We report new radio timing solutions from a three-year observing campaign conducted with the MeerKAT and Murriyang telescopes for nine Small Magellanic Cloud pulsars, increasing th…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 10 cited

The TRAPUM Small Magellanic Cloud pulsar survey with MeerKAT: I. Discovery of seven new pulsars and two Pulsar Wind Nebula associations

E. Carli, L. Levin, B. W. Stappers +17

The sensitivity of the MeerKAT radio interferometer is an opportunity to probe deeper into the population of rare and faint extragalactic pulsars. The TRAPUM (TRAnsients and PUlsar…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 9 cited

TRAPUM search for pulsars in supernova remnants and pulsar wind nebulae -- I. Survey description and initial discoveries

J. D. Turner, B. W. Stappers, E. Carli +18

We present the description and initial results of the TRAPUM (TRAnsients And PUlsars with MeerKAT) search for pulsars associated with supernova remnants (SNRs), pulsar wind nebulae…

astro-ph.HE2024

A targeted radio pulsar survey of redback candidates with MeerKAT

T. Thongmeearkom, C. J. Clark, R. P. Breton +18

Redbacks are millisecond pulsar binaries with low mass, irradiated companions. These systems have a rich phenomenology that can be used to probe binary evolution models, pulsar win…

astro-ph.HE2024

Mass estimates from optical modelling of the new TRAPUM redback PSR J1910-5320

O. G. Dodge, R. P. Breton, C. J. Clark +17

Spider pulsars continue to provide promising candidates for neutron star mass measurements. Here we present the discovery of PSR~J19105320, a new millisecond pulsar discovered i…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 70 cited

Discovery of a Gamma-ray Black Widow Pulsar by GPU-accelerated Einstein@Home

L. Nieder, C. J. Clark, D. Kandel +39

We report the discovery of 1.97 ms period gamma-ray pulsations from the 75 minute orbital-period binary pulsar now named PSR J1653-0158. The associated Fermi Large Area Telescope g…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 61 cited

Einstein@Home Discovery of the Gamma-ray Millisecond Pulsar PSR J2039-5617 Confirms Its Predicted Redback Nature

C. J. Clark, L. Nieder, G. Voisin +19

The Fermi Large Area Telescope gamma-ray source 3FGL J2039.65618 contains a periodic optical and X-ray source that was predicted to be a "redback" millisecond pulsar (MSP) binar…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 25 cited

A model for redistributing heat over the surface of irradiated spider companions

G. Voisin, M. R. Kennedy, R. P. Breton +2

Spider pulsars are binary systems containing an energetic millisecond pulsar that intensely irradiates a closely orbiting low-mass companion. Modelling their companion's optical li…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 11 cited

Optical spectra of FO Aquarii during low and high accretion rates

M. R. Kennedy, P. M. Garnavich, C. Littlefield +7

Between May 2016 and September 2018, the intermediate polar (IP) FO Aquarii exhibited two distinct low states and one failed low state. We present optical spectroscopy of FO Aquari…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 74 cited

The largest glitch observed in the Crab pulsar

B. Shaw, A. G. Lyne, B. W. Stappers +8

We have observed a large glitch in the Crab pulsar (PSR B0531+21). The glitch occurred around MJD 58064 (2017 November 8) when the pulsar underwent an increase in the rotation rate…