Optical studies of millisecond pulsar companions

被引:33
作者
Lundgren, SC
Cordes, JM
Foster, RS
Wolszczan, A
Camilo, F
机构
[1] CORNELL UNIV,DEPT ASTRON,ITHACA,NY 14853
[2] NATL ASTRON & IONOSPHERE CTR,ARECIBO OBSERV,ARECIBO,PR 00613
[3] PENN STATE UNIV,DEPT ASTRON & ASTROPHYS,UNIVERSITY PK,PA 16802
[4] PRINCETON UNIV,JOSEPH HENRY LABS,DEPT PHYS,PRINCETON,NJ 08544
[5] UNIV MANCHESTER,NUFFIELD RADIO ASTRON LABS,JODRELL BANK,MACCLESFIELD SK11 9DL,CHESHIRE,ENGLAND
关键词
binaries; general; pulsars; individual (PSR J1640+2224; PSR J2145-0750); stars; evolution; fundamental parameters (temperatures); white dwarfs;
D O I
10.1086/309920
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
In observations of four binary millisecond pulsars with the Palomar 200 inch (5.1 m) telescope, we have detected white dwarf companions to PSR J1640+2224 and PSR J2145 - 0750 and placed upper limits of m(r) = 24 and m(r) = 25 on companions to PSR J0751+1807 and PSR J2229+2643. The temperature inferred for the companion to PSR J1640+2224 is T = 3700 +/- 300 K. The luminosity inferred for a star at a distance of 1.2 kpc is consistent with that expected from a (2 +/- 1) x 10(9) yr old helium white dwarf. For PSR J2145-0750, the measured colors are inconsistent, possibly due to a combination of emission lines in the spectrum and systematic effects introduced when subtracting a nearby star. The companion temperature derived lies in the range 4300- 6800 K. For a carbon-oxygen white dwarf, the corresponding cooling age is 2-6 x 10(9) yr. The cooling ages of both systems with detected white dwarf companions are significantly less than the upper limits from the pulsar spin-down ages. For both pulsars, the inferred accretion rate for mass transfer during Roche lobe overflow is 2 orders of magnitude below Eddington accretion rates.
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