The GBT 350-MHz Drift Scan Pulsar Survey – III. Detection of a magnetic field in the eclipsing material of PSR J2256–1024

Author:

Crowter Kathryn1ORCID,Stairs Ingrid H1,McPhee Christie A1,Archibald Anne M23,Boyles Jason4,Hessels Jason23,Karako-Argaman Chen5,Lorimer Duncan R67,Lynch Ryan S78,McLaughlin Maura A67,Ransom Scott M9ORCID,Roberts Mallory S E1011,Stovall Kevin12,van Leeuwen Joeri23

Affiliation:

1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada

2. Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, NL-1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands

3. ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4, NL-7991 PD Dwingeloo, the Netherlands

4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd., Bowling Green, KY 42101, USA

5. Department of Physics and McGill Space Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada

6. Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA

7. Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, West Virginia University, Chestnut Ridge Research Building, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA

8. Green Bank Observatory, PO Box 2, Green Bank, WV 24944, USA

9. National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA

10. New York University Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, PO Box 129188, UAE

11. Eureka Scientific, Inc. Oakland, CA 94602, USA

12. National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 1003 Lopezville Road, Socorro, NM 87801, USA

Abstract

ABSTRACT We present the first measurement of a non-zero magnetic field in the eclipsing material of a black widow pulsar. Black widows are millisecond pulsars which are ablating their companions; therefore they are often proposed as one potential source of isolated millisecond pulsars. PSR J2256–1024 is an eclipsing black widow discovered at radio wavelengths and later also observed in the X-ray and gamma parts of the spectrum. Here we present the radio timing solution for PSR J2256–1024; polarization profiles at 350, 820, and 1500 MHz; and an investigation of changes in the polarization profile due to eclipsing material in the system. In the latter we find evidence of Faraday rotation in the linear polarization shortly after eclipse, measuring a rotation measure of 0.44(6) rad m−2 and a corresponding line-of-sight magnetic field of ∼1.11(16) mG.

Funder

National Science Foundation

National Sleep Foundation

European Research Council

Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

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