Low-radio-frequency eclipses of the redback pulsar J2215+5135 observed in the image plane with LOFAR

J W Broderick; R. P. Fender; Rene Breton; A. J. Stewart; A. Rowlinson; J. D. Swinbank; J. W T Hessels; T. D. Staley; A. J. van der Horst; M. E. Bell; D. Carbone; Y. Cendes; S. Corbel; J. Eislöffel; H. Falcke; J. M. Grießmeier; T. E. Hassall; P. Jonker; M. Kramer; M. Kuniyoshi; C. J. Law; S. Markoff; G. J. Molenaar; M. Pietka; L. H A Scheers; M. Serylak; Benjamin Stappers; S. ter Veen; J. van Leeuwen; R. A M J Wijers; R. Wijnands; M. W. Wise; P. Zarka

doi:10.1093/mnras/stw794

Low-radio-frequency eclipses of the redback pulsar J2215+5135 observed in the image plane with LOFAR

J W Broderick, R. P. Fender, Rene Breton, A. J. Stewart, A. Rowlinson, J. D. Swinbank, J. W T Hessels, T. D. Staley, A. J. van der Horst, M. E. Bell, D. Carbone, Y. Cendes, S. Corbel, J. Eislöffel, H. Falcke, J. M. Grießmeier, T. E. Hassall, P. Jonker, M. Kramer, M. KuniyoshiC. J. Law, S. Markoff, G. J. Molenaar, M. Pietka, L. H A Scheers, M. Serylak, Benjamin Stappers, S. ter Veen, J. van Leeuwen, R. A M J Wijers, R. Wijnands, M. W. Wise, P. Zarka

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The eclipses of certain types of binary millisecond pulsars (i.e. 'black widows' and 'redbacks') are often studied using high-time-resolution, 'beamformed' radio observations. However, they may also be detected in images generated from interferometric data. As part of a larger imaging project to characterize the variable and transient sky at radio frequencies -0.4), such that the pulsar is eclipsed for longer at lower frequencies, in broad agreement with beamformed studies of other similar sources. Furthermore, the detection of the eclipses in imaging data suggests an eclipsing medium that absorbs the pulsed emission, rather than scattering it. Our study is also a demonstration of the prospects of finding pulsars in wide-field imaging surveys with the current generation of low-frequency radio telescopes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2681-2689
Number of pages	9
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	459
Issue number	3
Early online date	8 Apr 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw794
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2016

Keywords

Binaries: eclipsing
Pulsars: general
Pulsars: individual: PSR J2215+5135
Radio continuum: stars

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Broderick, J. W., Fender, R. P., Breton, R., Stewart, A. J., Rowlinson, A., Swinbank, J. D., Hessels, J. W. T., Staley, T. D., van der Horst, A. J., Bell, M. E., Carbone, D., Cendes, Y., Corbel, S., Eislöffel, J., Falcke, H., Grießmeier, J. M., Hassall, T. E., Jonker, P., Kramer, M., ... Zarka, P. (2016). Low-radio-frequency eclipses of the redback pulsar J2215+5135 observed in the image plane with LOFAR. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 459(3), 2681-2689. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw794

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Low-radio-frequency eclipses of the redback pulsar J2215+5135 observed in the image plane with LOFAR

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