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JWST detection of heavy neutron capture elements in a compact object merger
A. Levan, B. P. Gompertz, O. S. Salafia +80
The mergers of binary compact objects such as neutron stars and black holes are of central interest to several areas of astrophysics, including as the progenitors of gamma-ray burs…
Neutron star mass estimates from gamma-ray eclipses in spider millisecond pulsar binaries
C. J. Clark, M. Kerr, E. D. Barr +26
Reliable neutron star mass measurements are key to determining the equation-of-state of cold nuclear matter, but these are rare. "Black Widows" and "Redbacks" are compact binaries…
A black widow population dissection through HiPERCAM multi-band light curve modelling
D. Mata Sánchez, M. R. Kennedy, C. J. Clark +7
Black widows are extreme millisecond pulsar binaries where the pulsar wind ablates their low-mass companion stars. Their optical light curves vary periodically due to the high irra…
A rapid optical and X-ray timing study of the neutron star X-ray binary Swift J1858.6-0814
T. Shahbaz, J. A. Paice, K. M. Rajwade +8
We present a rapid timing analysis of optical (HiPERCAM and ULTRACAM) and X-ray (NICER) observations of the X-ray transient Swift J1858.6-0814 during 2018 and 2019. The optical lig…
The peculiar chemical abundance of the transitional millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038 -- Li enhancement
T. Shahbaz, J. I. Gonzalez-Hernandez, R. P. Breton +3
Using high-resolution optical spectroscopy we determine the chemical abundance of the secondary star in the binary millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038. We measure a metallicity of [F…
Measuring the mass of the black widow PSR J1555-2908
M. R. Kennedy, R. P. Breton, C. J. Clark +8
Accurate measurements of the masses of neutron stars are necessary to test binary evolution models, and to constrain the neutron star equation of state. In pulsar binaries with no…