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1. Comparing Recent Pulsar Timing Array Results on the Nanohertz Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background

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G. Agazie, J. Antoniadis, A. Anumarlapudi, A. M. Archibald, P. Arumugam, S. Arumugam, Z. Arzoumanian, J. Askew, S. Babak, M. Bagchi, M. Bailes, A.-S. Bak Nielsen, P. T. Baker, C. G. Bassa, A. Bathula, B. Bécsy, A. Berthereau, N. D. R. Bhat, L. Blecha, M. Bonetti, E. Bortolas, A. Brazier, P. R. Brook, M. Burgay, S. Burke-Spolaor, R. Burnette, R. N. Caballero, A. Cameron, R. Case, A. Chalumeau, D. J. Champion, S. Chanlaridis, M. Charisi, S. Chatterjee, K. Chatziioannou, B. D. Cheeseboro, S. Chen, Z.-C. Chen, I. Cognard, T. Cohen, W. A. Coles, J. M. Cordes, N. J. Cornish, F. Crawford, H. T. Cromartie, K. Crowter, M. Curyło, C. J. Cutler, S. Dai, S. Dandapat, D. Deb, M. E. DeCesar, D. DeGan, P. B. Demorest, H. Deng, S. Desai, G. Desvignes, L. Dey, N. Dhanda-Batra, V. Di Marco, T. Dolch, B. Drachler, C. Dwivedi, J. A. Ellis, M. Falxa, Y. Feng, R. D. Ferdman, E. C. Ferrara, W. Fiore, E. Fonseca, A. Franchini, G. E. Freedman, J. R. Gair, N. Garver-Daniels, P. A. Gentile, K. A. Gersbach, J. Glaser, D. C. Good, B. Goncharov, A. Gopakumar, E. Graikou, J.-M. Griessmeier, L. Guillemot, K. Gültekin, Y. J. Guo, Y. Gupta, K. Grunthal, J. S. Hazboun, S. Hisano, G. B. Hobbs, S. Hourihane, H. Hu, F. Iraci, K. Islo, D. Izquierdo-Villalba, J. Jang, J. Jawor, G. H. Janssen, R. J. Jennings, A. Jessner, A. D. Johnson, M. L. Jones, B. C. Joshi, A. R. Kaiser, D. L. Kaplan, A. Kapur, F. Kareem, R. Karuppusamy, E. F. Keane, M. J. Keith, L. Z. Kelley, M. Kerr, J. S. Key, D. Kharbanda, T. Kikunaga, T. C. Klein, N. Kolhe, M. Kramer, M. A. Krishnakumar, A. Kulkarni, N. Laal, K. Lackeos, M. T. Lam, W. G. Lamb, B. B. Larsen, T. J. W. Lazio, K. J. Lee, Y. Levin, N. Lewandowska, T. B. Littenberg, K. Liu, T. Liu, Y. Liu, A. Lommen, D. R. Lorimer, M. E. Lower, J. Luo, R. Luo, R. S. Lynch, A. G. Lyne, C.-P. Ma, Y. Maan, D. R. Madison, R. A. Main, R. N. Manchester, R. Mandow, M. A. Mattson, A. McEwen, J. W. McKee, M. A. McLaughlin, N. McMann, B. W. Meyers, P. M. Meyers, M. B. Mickaliger, M. Miles, C. M. F. Mingarelli, A. Mitridate, P. Natarajan, R. S. Nathan, C. Ng, D. J. Nice, I. C. Niţu, K. Nobleson, S. K. Ocker, K. D. Olum, S. Osłowski, A. K. Paladi, A. Parthasarathy, T. T. Pennucci, B. B. P. Perera, D. Perrodin, A. Petiteau, P. Petrov, N. S. Pol, N. K. Porayko, A. Possenti, T. Prabu, H. Quelquejay Leclere, H. A. Radovan, P. Rana, S. M. Ransom, P. S. Ray, D. J. Reardon, A. F. Rogers, J. D. Romano, C. J. Russell, A. Samajdar, S. A. Sanidas, S. C. Sardesai, A. Schmiedekamp, C. Schmiedekamp, K. Schmitz, L. Schult, A. Sesana, G. Shaifullah, R. M. Shannon, B. J. Shapiro-Albert, X. Siemens, J. Simon, J. Singha, M. S. Siwek, L. Speri, R. Spiewak, A. Srivastava, I. H. Stairs, B. W. Stappers, D. R. Stinebring, K. Stovall, J. P. Sun, M. Surnis, S. C. Susarla, A. Susobhanan, J. K. Swiggum, K. Takahashi, P. Tarafdar, J. Taylor, S. R. Taylor, G. Theureau, E. Thrane, N. Thyagarajan, C. Tiburzi, L. Toomey, J. E. Turner, C. Unal, M. Vallisneri, E. van der Wateren, R. van Haasteren, A. Vecchio, V. Venkatraman Krishnan, J. P. W. Verbiest, S. J. Vigeland, H. M. Wahl, S. Wang, Q. Wang, C. A. Witt, J. Wang, L. Wang, K. E. Wayt, Z. Wu, O. Young, L. Zhang, S. Zhang, X.-J. Zhu, A. Zic, and The International Pulsar Timing Array Collaboration

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Gravitational waves, Pulsars, Astrophysics, QB460-466
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The Australian, Chinese, European, Indian, and North American pulsar timing array (PTA) collaborations recently reported, at varying levels, evidence for the presence of a nanohertz gravitational-wave background (GWB). Given that each PTA made different choices in modeling their data, we perform a comparison of the GWB and individual pulsar noise parameters across the results reported from the PTAs that constitute the International Pulsar Timing Array (IPTA). We show that despite making different modeling choices, there is no significant difference in the GWB parameters that are measured by the different PTAs, agreeing within 1 σ . The pulsar noise parameters are also consistent between different PTAs for the majority of the pulsars included in these analyses. We bridge the differences in modeling choices by adopting a standardized noise model for all pulsars and PTAs, finding that under this model there is a reduction in the tension in the pulsar noise parameters. As part of this reanalysis, we “extended” each PTA’s data set by adding extra pulsars that were not timed by that PTA. Under these extensions, we find better constraints on the GWB amplitude and a higher signal-to-noise ratio for the Hellings–Downs correlations. These extensions serve as a prelude to the benefits offered by a full combination of data across all pulsars in the IPTA, i.e., the IPTA’s Data Release 3, which will involve not just adding in additional pulsars but also including data from all three PTAs where any given pulsar is timed by more than a single PTA.

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2024
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2. The Green Bank North Celestial Cap Survey. VII. 12 New Pulsar Timing Solutions

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J. K. Swiggum, Z. Pleunis, E. Parent, D. L. Kaplan, M. A. McLaughlin, I. H. Stairs, R. Spiewak, G. Y. Agazie, P. Chawla, M. E. DeCesar, T. Dolch, W. Fiore, E. Fonseca, A. G. Istrate, V. M. Kaspi, V. I. Kondratiev, J. van Leeuwen, L. Levin, E. F. Lewis, R. S. Lynch, A. E. McEwen, H. Al Noori, S. M. Ransom, X. Siemens, and M. Surnis

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Binary pulsars, Millisecond pulsars, Gamma-ray sources, Pulsar timing method, Astrophysics, QB460-466
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We present timing solutions for 12 pulsars discovered in the Green Bank North Celestial Cap 350 MHz pulsar survey, including six millisecond pulsars (MSPs), a double neutron star (DNS) system, and a pulsar orbiting a massive white dwarf companion. Timing solutions presented here include 350 and 820 MHz Green Bank Telescope data from initial confirmation and follow-up, as well as a dedicated timing campaign spanning 1 ryr PSR J1122−3546 is an isolated MSP, PSRs J1221−0633 and J1317−0157 are MSPs in black widow systems and regularly exhibit eclipses, and PSRs J2022+2534 and J2039−3616 are MSPs that can be timed with high precision and have been included in pulsar timing array experiments seeking to detect low-frequency gravitational waves. PSRs J1221−0633 and J2039−3616 have Fermi Large Area Telescope gamma-ray counterparts and also exhibit significant gamma-ray pulsations. We measure proper motions for three of the MSPs in this sample and estimate their space velocities, which are typical compared to those of other MSPs. We have detected the advance of periastron for PSR J1018−1523 and therefore measure the total mass of the DNS system, m _tot = 2.3 ± 0.3 M _⊙ . Long-term pulsar timing with data spanning more than 1 yr is critical for classifying recycled pulsars, carrying out detailed astrometry studies, and shedding light on the wealth of information in these systems post-discovery.

Published
2023
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3. The Green Bank North Celestial Cap Survey. VIII. 21 New Pulsar Timing Solutions

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W. Fiore, L. Levin, M. A. McLaughlin, A. Anumarlapudi, D. L. Kaplan, J. K. Swiggum, G. Y. Agazie, R. Bavisotto, P. Chawla, M. E. DeCesar, T. Dolch, E. Fonseca, V. M. Kaspi, Z. Komassa, V. I. Kondratiev, J. van Leeuwen, E. F. Lewis, R. S. Lynch, A. E. McEwen, R. Mundorf, H. Al Noori, E. Parent, Z. Pleunis, S. M. Ransom, X. Siemens, R. Spiewak, I. H. Stairs, M. Surnis, and T. J. Tobin

Subjects
Pulsars, Pulsar timing method, Millisecond pulsars, Binary pulsars, Astrophysics, QB460-466
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We present timing solutions for 21 pulsars discovered in 350 MHz surveys using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT). All were discovered in the Green Bank North Celestial Cap pulsar survey, with the exception of PSR J0957−0619, which was found in the GBT 350 MHz Drift-scan pulsar survey. The majority of our timing observations were made with the GBT at 820 MHz. With a spin period of 37 ms and a 528 days orbit, PSR J0032+6946 joins a small group of five other mildly recycled wide binary pulsars, for which the duration of recycling through accretion is limited by the length of the companion’s giant phase. PSRs J0141+6303 and J1327+3423 are new disrupted recycled pulsars. We incorporate Arecibo observations from the NANOGrav pulsar timing array into our analysis of the latter. We also observed PSR J1327+3423 with the Long Wavelength Array, and our data suggest a frequency-dependent dispersion measure. PSR J0957−0619 was discovered as a rotating radio transient, but is a nulling pulsar at 820 MHz. PSR J1239+3239 is a new millisecond pulsar (MSP) in a 4 days orbit with a low-mass companion. Four of our pulsars already have published timing solutions, which we update in this work: the recycled wide binary PSR J0214+5222, the noneclipsing black widow PSR J0636+5128, the disrupted recycled pulsar J1434+7257, and the eclipsing binary MSP J1816+4510, which is in an 8.7 hr orbit with a redback-mass companion.

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2023
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4. Tied-array beam localization of radio transients and pulsars

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M C Bezuidenhout, C J Clark, R P Breton, B W Stappers, E D Barr, M Caleb, W Chen, F Jankowski, M Kramer, K Rajwade, and M Surnis

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Multi-element interferometers such as MeerKAT, which observe with high time resolution and have a wide field of view, provide an ideal opportunity to perform real-time, untargeted transient and pulsar searches. However, because of data storage limitations, it is not always feasible to store the baseband data required to image the field of a discovered transient or pulsar. This limits the ability of surveys to effectively localize their discoveries and may restrict opportunities for follow-up science, especially of one-off events like some fast radio bursts. Here, we present a novel maximum-likelihood estimation approach to localizing transients and pulsars detected in multiple MeerKAT tied-array beams at once, which we call tied-array beam localization, as well as a Python implementation of the method named SeeKAT. We provide real-world examples of SeeKAT’s use as well as a Monte Carlo analysis to show that it is capable of localizing single pulses detected in beamformed MeerKAT data to (sub)arcsec precision.

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2023
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5. A MeerKAT, e-MERLIN, HESS, and Swift search for persistent and transient emission associated with three localized FRBs

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J O Chibueze, M Caleb, L Spitler, H Ashkar, F Schüssler, B W Stappers, C Venter, I Heywood, A M S Richards, D R A Williams, M Kramer, R Beswick, M C Bezuidenhout, R P Breton, L N Driessen, F Jankowski, E F Keane, M Malenta, M Mickaliger, V Morello, H Qiu, K Rajwade, S Sanidas, M Surnis, T W Scragg, C R H Walker, N Wrigley, H E S S Collaboration: F Aharonian, F Ait Benkhali, E O Angüner, M Backes, V Baghmanyan, V Barbosa Martins, R Batzofin, Y Becherini, D Berge, M Böttcher, C Boisson, J Bolmont, M de Bony de Lavergne, M Breuhaus, R Brose, F Brun, T Bulik, F Cangemi, S Caroff, S Casanova, J Catalano, M Cerruti, T Chand, A Chen, O U Chibueze, G Cotter, P Cristofari, J Damascene Mbarubucyeye, J Devin, A Djannati-Ataï, A Dmytriiev, K Egberts, J-P Ernenwein, A Fiasson, G Fichet de Clairfontaine, G Fontaine, S Funk, S Gabici, S Ghafourizadeh, G Giavitto, D Glawion, M-H Grondin, M Hörbe, C Hoischen, T L Holch, Zhiqiu Huang, M Jamrozy, F Jankowsky, V Joshi, I Jung-Richardt, E Kasai, K Katarzyński, U Katz, B Khélifi, W Kluźniak, Nu Komin, K Kosack, D Kostunin, A Lemière, J-P Lenain, F Leuschner, T Lohse, A Luashvili, I Lypova, J Mackey, D Malyshev, V Marandon, P Marchegiani, A Marcowith, G Martí-Devesa, R Marx, A Mitchell, R Moderski, L Mohrmann, E Moulin, J Muller, K Nakashima, M de Naurois, A Nayerhoda, J Niemiec, A Priyana Noel, P O’Brien, S Ohm, L Olivera-Nieto, E de Ona Wilhelmi, M Ostrowski, S Panny, R D Parsons, S Pita, V Poireau, D A Prokhorov, H Prokoph, G Pühlhofer, A Quirrenbach, P Reichherzer, A Reimer, O Reimer, G Rowell, B Rudak, E Ruiz-Velasco, V Sahakian, S Sailer, H Salzmann, D A Sanchez, A Santangelo, M Sasaki, H M Schutte, U Schwanke, J N S Shapopi, A Specovius, S Spencer, R Steenkamp, S Steinmassl, T Takahashi, T Tanaka, C Thorpe-Morgan, N Tsuji, C van Eldik, J Veh, J Vink, S J Wagner, A Wierzcholska, Yu Wun Wong, A Yusafzai, M Zacharias, D Zargaryan, A A Zdziarski, A Zech, S J Zhu, S Zouari, N Żywucka, High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI), Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Laboratoire Univers et Théories (LUTH (UMR_8102)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE (UMR_7585)), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Bordeaux (UB), Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier (LUPM), and Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)

Subjects
radio continuum: galaxies, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), ) fast radio burst [(transients], FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, non-thermal [radiation mechanisms], Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, galaxies [radio continuum], fast radio bursts, Space and Planetary Science, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), (transients:) fast radio burst, ddc:520, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 515(1), 1365 - 1379 (2022). doi:10.1093/mnras/stac1601, We report on a search for persistent radio emission from the one-off fast radio burst (FRB) 20190714A, as well as from two repeating FRBs, 20190711A and 20171019A, using the MeerKAT radio telescope. For FRB 20171019A, we also conducted simultaneous observations with the High-Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) in very high-energy gamma rays and searched for signals in the ultraviolet, optical, and X-ray bands. For this FRB, we obtain a UV flux upper limit of |$1.39 \times 10^{-16}~{\rm erg\, cm^{-2}\, s^{-1}}$|Å^−1, X-ray limit of |$\sim 6.6 \times 10^{-14}~{\rm erg\, cm^{-2}\, s^{-1}}$| and a limit on the very high energy gamma-ray flux |$\Phi (E\gt 120\, {\rm GeV}) \lt 1.7\times 10^{-12}\, \mathrm{erg\, cm^{-2}\, s^{-1}}$|⁠. We obtain a radio upper limit of ∼15 |$\mu$|Jy beam^−1 for persistent emission at the locations of both FRBs 20190711A and 20171019A with MeerKAT. However, we detected an almost unresolved (ratio of integrated flux to peak flux is ∼1.7 beam) radio emission, where the synthesized beam size was ∼ 8 arcsec size with a peak brightness of |$\sim 53\, \mu$|Jy beam^−1 at MeerKAT and |$\sim 86\, \mu$|Jy beam^−1 at e-MERLIN, possibly associated with FRB 20190714A at z = 0.2365. This represents the first detection of persistent continuum radio emission potentially associated with a (as-yet) non-repeating FRB. If the association is confirmed, one of the strongest remaining distinction between repeaters and non-repeaters would no longer be applicable. A parallel search for repeat bursts from these FRBs revealed no new detections down to a fluence of 0.08 Jy ms for a 1 ms duration burst., Published by Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford

Published
2023
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6. The Green Bank North Celestial Cap Survey. VII. 12 New Pulsar Timing Solutions

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J. K. Swiggum, Z. Pleunis, E. Parent, D. L. Kaplan, M. A. McLaughlin, I. H. Stairs, R. Spiewak, G. Y. Agazie, P. Chawla, M. E. DeCesar, T. Dolch, W. Fiore, E. Fonseca, A. G. Istrate, V. M. Kaspi, V. I. Kondratiev, J. van Leeuwen, L. Levin, E. F. Lewis, R. S. Lynch, A. E. McEwen, H. Al Noori, S. M. Ransom, X. Siemens, and M. Surnis

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High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
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We present timing solutions for 12 pulsars discovered in the Green Bank North Celestial Cap (GBNCC) 350 MHz pulsar survey, including six millisecond pulsars (MSPs), a double neutron star (DNS) system, and a pulsar orbiting a massive white dwarf companion. Timing solutions presented here include 350 and 820 MHz Green Bank Telescope data from initial confirmation and follow-up as well as a dedicated timing campaign spanning one year. PSR J1122$-$3546 is an isolated MSP, PSRs J1221$-$0633 and J1317$-$0157 are MSPs in black widow systems and regularly exhibit eclipses, and PSRs J2022+2534 and J2039$-$3616 are MSPs that can be timed with high precision and have been included in pulsar timing array experiments seeking to detect low-frequency gravitational waves. PSRs J1221$-$0633 and J2039$-$3616 have Fermi Large Area Telescope $\gamma$-ray counterparts and also exhibit significant $\gamma$-ray pulsations. We measure proper motion for three of the MSPs in this sample and estimate their space velocities, which are typical compared to those of other MSPs. We have detected the advance of periastron for PSR J1018$-$1523 and therefore measure the total mass of the double neutron star system, $m_{\rm tot}=2.3\pm0.3$ M$_{\odot}$. Long-term pulsar timing with data spanning more than one year is critical for classifying recycled pulsars, carrying out detailed astrometry studies, and shedding light on the wealth of information in these systems post-discovery., Comment: 21 pages, 5 figures, 7 tables

Published
2022

7. The Green Bank Northern Celestial Cap Pulsar Survey. VI. Discovery and Timing of PSR J1759+5036: A Double Neutron Star Binary Pulsar

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G. Y. Agazie, M. G. Mingyar, M. A. McLaughlin, J. K. Swiggum, D. L. Kaplan, H. Blumer, P. Chawla, M. DeCesar, P. B. Demorest, W. Fiore, E. Fonseca, J. D. Gelfand, V. M. Kaspi, V. I. Kondratiev, M. LaRose, J. van Leeuwen, L. Levin, E. F. Lewis, R. S. Lynch, A. E. McEwen, H. Al Noori, E. Parent, S. M. Ransom, M. S. E. Roberts, A. Schmiedekamp, C. Schmiedekamp, X. Siemens, R. Spiewak, I. H. Stairs, and M. Surnis

Subjects
010308 nuclear & particles physics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, 0103 physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 01 natural sciences
Abstract

The Green Bank North Celestial Cap survey is a 350 MHz all-sky survey for pulsars and fast radio transients using the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope. To date, the survey has discovered over 190 pulsars, including 33 millisecond pulsars and 24 rotating radio transients. Several exotic pulsars have been discovered in the survey, including PSR J1759+5036, a binary pulsar with a 176 ms spin period in an orbit with a period of 2.04 days, an eccentricity of 0.3, and a projected semi-major axis of 6.8 light seconds. Using seven years of timing data, we are able to measure one post–Keplerian parameter, advance of periastron, which has allowed us to constrain the total system mass to 2.62 ± 0.03 M ⊙. This constraint, along with the spin period and orbital parameters, suggests that this is a double neutron star system, although we cannot entirely rule out a pulsar-white dwarf binary. This pulsar is only detectable in roughly 45% of observations, most likely due to scintillation. However, additional observations are required to determine whether there may be other contributing effects.

Published
2021
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8. MeerTRAP: 12 Galactic fast transients detected in a real-time, commensal MeerKAT survey

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M C Bezuidenhout, E Barr, M Caleb, L N Driessen, F Jankowski, M Kramer, M Malenta, V Morello, K Rajwade, S Sanidas, B W Stappers, and M Surnis

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Space and Planetary Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Abstract

MeerTRAP is a real-time untargeted search project using the MeerKAT telescope to find single pulses from fast radio transients and pulsars. It is performed commensally with the MeerKAT large survey projects (LSPs), using data from up to 64 of MeerKAT’s 13.96 m dishes to form hundreds of coherent beams on sky, each of which is processed in real time to search for millisecond-duration pulses. We present the first 12 Galactic sources discovered by MeerTRAP, with DMs in the range of 33–381 pc cm−3. One source may be Galactic or extragalactic depending on the Galactic electron density model assumed. Follow-up observations performed with the MeerKAT, Lovell, and Parkes radio telescopes have detected repeat pulses from 7 of the 12 sources. Pulse periods have been determined for four sources. Another four sources could be localized to the arcsecond-level using a novel implementation of the tied-array beam localization method.

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9. On Frequency-dependent Dispersion Measures and Extreme Scattering Events.

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M. T. Lam, T. J. W. Lazio, T. Dolch, M. L. Jones, M. A. McLaughlin, D. R. Stinebring, and M. Surnis

Subjects
ELECTRON density, INTERSTELLAR medium, DISPERSION (Chemistry), TIME series analysis, PULSARS
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Radio emission propagating over an Earth-pulsar line of sight provides a unique probe of the intervening ionized interstellar medium (ISM). Variations in the integrated electron column density along this line of sight, or dispersion measure (DM), have been observed since shortly after the discovery of pulsars. As early as 2006, frequency-dependent DMs have been observed and attributed to several possible causes. Ray-path averaging over different effective light-cone volumes through the turbulent ISM contributes to this effect, as will DM misestimation due to radio propagation across compact lensing structures such as those caused by “extreme scattering events (ESEs).” We present methods to assess the variations in frequency-dependent DMs due to the turbulent ISM versus these compact lensing structures along the line of sight. We analyze recent Low-Frequency Array observations of PSR J2219+4754 to test the underlying physical mechanism of the observed frequency-dependent DM. Previous analyses have indicated the presence of strong lensing due to compact overdensities halfway between the Earth and pulsar. Instead, we find the frequency dependence of the DM time series for PSR J2219+4754 is consistent with being due solely to ISM turbulence and there is no evidence for any ESE or small-scale lensing structure. The data show possible deviations from a uniform turbulent medium, suggesting that there may be an enhanced scattering screen near one of the two ends of the line of sight. We present this analysis as an example of the power of low-frequency observations to distinguish the underlying mechanisms in frequency-dependent propagation effects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2020
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10. The second data release from the European Pulsar Timing Array: V. Implications for massive black holes, dark matter and the early Universe

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Antoniadis, J, Arumugam, P, Arumugam, S, Auclair, P, Babak, S, Bagchi, M, Bak Nielsen, A, Barausse, E, Bassa, C, Bathula, A, Berthereau, A, Bonetti, M, Bortolas, E, Brook, P, Burgay, M, Caballero, R, Caprini, C, Chalumeau, A, Champion, D, Chanlaridis, S, Chen, S, Cognard, I, Crisostomi, M, Dandapat, S, Deb, D, Desai, S, Desvignes, G, Dhanda-Batra, N, Dwivedi, C, Falxa, M, Fastidio, F, Ferdman, R, Franchini, A, Gair, J, Goncharov, B, Gopakumar, A, Graikou, E, Grießmeier, J, Gualandris, A, Guillemot, L, Guo, Y, Gupta, Y, Hisano, S, Hu, H, Iraci, F, Izquierdo-Villalba, D, Jang, J, Jawor, J, Janssen, G, Jessner, A, Joshi, B, Kareem, F, Karuppusamy, R, Keane, E, Keith, M, Kharbanda, D, Khizriev, T, Kikunaga, T, Kolhe, N, Kramer, M, Krishnakumar, M, Lackeos, K, Lee, K, Liu, K, Liu, Y, Lyne, A, Mckee, J, Maan, Y, Main, R, Mickaliger, M, Middleton, H, Neronov, A, Nitu, I, Nobleson, K, Paladi, A, Parthasarathy, A, Perera, B, Perrodin, D, Petiteau, A, Porayko, N, Possenti, A, Prabu, T, Postnov, K, Quelquejay Leclere, H, Rana, P, Roper Pol, A, Samajdar, A, Sanidas, S, Semikoz, D, Sesana, A, Shaifullah, G, Singha, J, Smarra, C, Speri, L, Spiewak, R, Srivastava, A, Stappers, B, Steer, D, Surnis, M, Susarla, S, Susobhanan, A, Takahashi, K, Tarafdar, P, Theureau, G, Tiburzi, C, Truant, R, van der Wateren, E, Valtolina, S, Vecchio, A, Venkatraman Krishnan, V, Verbiest, J, Wang, J, Wang, L, Wu, Z, J. Antoniadis, P. Arumugam, S. Arumugam, P. Auclair, S. Babak, M. Bagchi, A. -S. Bak Nielsen, E. Barausse, C. G. Bassa, A. Bathula, A. Berthereau, M. Bonetti, E. Bortolas, P. R. Brook, M. Burgay, R. N. Caballero, C. Caprini, A. Chalumeau, D. J. Champion, S. Chanlaridis, S. Chen, I. Cognard, M. Crisostomi, S. Dandapat, D. Deb, S. Desai, G. Desvignes, N. Dhanda-Batra, C. Dwivedi, M. Falxa, F. Fastidio, R. D. Ferdman, A. Franchini, J. R. Gair, B. Goncharov, A. Gopakumar, E. Graikou, J. -M. Grießmeier, A. Gualandris, L. Guillemot, Y. J. Guo, Y. Gupta, S. Hisano, H. Hu, F. Iraci, D. Izquierdo-Villalba, J. Jang, J. Jawor, G. H. Janssen, A. Jessner, B. C. Joshi, F. Kareem, R. Karuppusamy, E. F. Keane, M. J. Keith, D. Kharbanda, T. Khizriev, T. Kikunaga, N. Kolhe, M. Kramer, M. A. Krishnakumar, K. Lackeos, K. J. Lee, K. Liu, Y. Liu, A. G. Lyne, J. W. McKee, Y. Maan, R. A. Main, M. B. Mickaliger, H. Middleton, A. Neronov, I. C. Nitu, K. Nobleson, A. K. Paladi, A. Parthasarathy, B. B. P. Perera, D. Perrodin, A. Petiteau, N. K. Porayko, A. Possenti, T. Prabu, K. Postnov, H. Quelquejay Leclere, P. Rana, A. Roper Pol, A. Samajdar, S. A. Sanidas, D. Semikoz, A. Sesana, G. Shaifullah, J. Singha, C. Smarra, L. Speri, R. Spiewak, A. Srivastava, B. W. Stappers, D. A. Steer, M. Surnis, S. C. Susarla, A. Susobhanan, K. Takahashi, P. Tarafdar, G. Theureau, C. Tiburzi, R. J. Truant, E. van der Wateren, S. Valtolina, A. Vecchio, V. Venkatraman Krishnan, J. P. W. Verbiest, J. Wang, L. Wang, Z. Wu, Antoniadis, J, Arumugam, P, Arumugam, S, Auclair, P, Babak, S, Bagchi, M, Bak Nielsen, A, Barausse, E, Bassa, C, Bathula, A, Berthereau, A, Bonetti, M, Bortolas, E, Brook, P, Burgay, M, Caballero, R, Caprini, C, Chalumeau, A, Champion, D, Chanlaridis, S, Chen, S, Cognard, I, Crisostomi, M, Dandapat, S, Deb, D, Desai, S, Desvignes, G, Dhanda-Batra, N, Dwivedi, C, Falxa, M, Fastidio, F, Ferdman, R, Franchini, A, Gair, J, Goncharov, B, Gopakumar, A, Graikou, E, Grießmeier, J, Gualandris, A, Guillemot, L, Guo, Y, Gupta, Y, Hisano, S, Hu, H, Iraci, F, Izquierdo-Villalba, D, Jang, J, Jawor, J, Janssen, G, Jessner, A, Joshi, B, Kareem, F, Karuppusamy, R, Keane, E, Keith, M, Kharbanda, D, Khizriev, T, Kikunaga, T, Kolhe, N, Kramer, M, Krishnakumar, M, Lackeos, K, Lee, K, Liu, K, Liu, Y, Lyne, A, Mckee, J, Maan, Y, Main, R, Mickaliger, M, Middleton, H, Neronov, A, Nitu, I, Nobleson, K, Paladi, A, Parthasarathy, A, Perera, B, Perrodin, D, Petiteau, A, Porayko, N, Possenti, A, Prabu, T, Postnov, K, Quelquejay Leclere, H, Rana, P, Roper Pol, A, Samajdar, A, Sanidas, S, Semikoz, D, Sesana, A, Shaifullah, G, Singha, J, Smarra, C, Speri, L, Spiewak, R, Srivastava, A, Stappers, B, Steer, D, Surnis, M, Susarla, S, Susobhanan, A, Takahashi, K, Tarafdar, P, Theureau, G, Tiburzi, C, Truant, R, van der Wateren, E, Valtolina, S, Vecchio, A, Venkatraman Krishnan, V, Verbiest, J, Wang, J, Wang, L, Wu, Z, J. Antoniadis, P. Arumugam, S. Arumugam, P. Auclair, S. Babak, M. Bagchi, A. -S. Bak Nielsen, E. Barausse, C. G. Bassa, A. Bathula, A. Berthereau, M. Bonetti, E. Bortolas, P. R. Brook, M. Burgay, R. N. Caballero, C. Caprini, A. Chalumeau, D. J. Champion, S. Chanlaridis, S. Chen, I. Cognard, M. Crisostomi, S. Dandapat, D. Deb, S. Desai, G. Desvignes, N. Dhanda-Batra, C. Dwivedi, M. Falxa, F. Fastidio, R. D. Ferdman, A. Franchini, J. R. Gair, B. Goncharov, A. Gopakumar, E. Graikou, J. -M. Grießmeier, A. Gualandris, L. Guillemot, Y. J. Guo, Y. Gupta, S. Hisano, H. Hu, F. Iraci, D. Izquierdo-Villalba, J. Jang, J. Jawor, G. H. Janssen, A. Jessner, B. C. Joshi, F. Kareem, R. Karuppusamy, E. F. Keane, M. J. Keith, D. Kharbanda, T. Khizriev, T. Kikunaga, N. Kolhe, M. Kramer, M. A. Krishnakumar, K. Lackeos, K. J. Lee, K. Liu, Y. Liu, A. G. Lyne, J. W. McKee, Y. Maan, R. A. Main, M. B. Mickaliger, H. Middleton, A. Neronov, I. C. Nitu, K. Nobleson, A. K. Paladi, A. Parthasarathy, B. B. P. Perera, D. Perrodin, A. Petiteau, N. K. Porayko, A. Possenti, T. Prabu, K. Postnov, H. Quelquejay Leclere, P. Rana, A. Roper Pol, A. Samajdar, S. A. Sanidas, D. Semikoz, A. Sesana, G. Shaifullah, J. Singha, C. Smarra, L. Speri, R. Spiewak, A. Srivastava, B. W. Stappers, D. A. Steer, M. Surnis, S. C. Susarla, A. Susobhanan, K. Takahashi, P. Tarafdar, G. Theureau, C. Tiburzi, R. J. Truant, E. van der Wateren, S. Valtolina, A. Vecchio, V. Venkatraman Krishnan, J. P. W. Verbiest, J. Wang, L. Wang, and Z. Wu

Abstract

The European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA) and Indian Pulsar Timing Array (InPTA) collaborations have measured a low-frequency common signal in the combination of their second and first data releases respectively, with the correlation properties of a gravitational wave background (GWB). Such signal may have its origin in a number of physical processes including a cosmic population of inspiralling supermassive black hole binaries (SMBHBs); inflation, phase transitions, cosmic strings and tensor mode generation by non-linear evolution of scalar perturbations in the early Universe; oscillations of the Galactic potential in the presence of ultra-light dark matter (ULDM). At the current stage of emerging evidence, it is impossible to discriminate among the different origins. Therefore, in this paper, we consider each process separately, and investigate the implications of the signal under the hypothesis that it is generated by that specific process. We find that the signal is consistent with a cosmic population of inspiralling SMBHBs, and its relatively high amplitude can be used to place constraints on binary merger timescales and the SMBH-host galaxy scaling relations. If this origin is confirmed, this is the first direct evidence that SMBHBs merge in nature, adding an important observational piece to the puzzle of structure formation and galaxy evolution. As for early Universe processes, the measurement would place tight constraints on the cosmic string tension and on the level of turbulence developed by first-order phase transitions. Other processes would require non-standard scenarios, such as a blue-tilted inflationary spectrum or an excess in the primordial spectrum of scalar perturbations at large wavenumbers. Finally, a ULDM origin of the detected signal is disfavoured, which leads to direct constraints on the abundance of ULDM in our Galaxy.

11. The second data release from the European Pulsar Timing Array IV. Search for continuous gravitational wave signals

Author

Antoniadis, J, Arumugam, P, Arumugam, S, Babak, S, Bagchi, M, Bak Nielsen, A, Bassa, C, Bathula, A, Berthereau, A, Bonetti, M, Bortolas, E, Brook, P, Burgay, M, Caballero, R, Chalumeau, A, Champion, D, Chanlaridis, S, Chen, S, Cognard, I, Dandapat, S, Deb, D, Desai, S, Desvignes, G, Dhanda-Batra, N, Dwivedi, C, Falxa, M, Ferranti, I, Ferdman, R, Franchini, A, Gair, J, Goncharov, B, Gopakumar, A, Graikou, E, Grießmeier, J, Guillemot, L, Guo, Y, Gupta, Y, Hisano, S, Hu, H, Iraci, F, Izquierdo-Villalba, D, Jang, J, Jawor, J, Janssen, G, Jessner, A, Joshi, B, Kareem, F, Karuppusamy, R, Keane, E, Keith, M, Kharbanda, D, Kikunaga, T, Kolhe, N, Kramer, M, Krishnakumar, M, Lackeos, K, Lee, K, Liu, K, Liu, Y, Lyne, A, Mckee, J, Maan, Y, Main, R, Manzini, S, Mickaliger, M, Nitu, I, Nobleson, K, Paladi, A, Parthasarathy, A, Perera, B, Perrodin, D, Petiteau, A, Porayko, N, Possenti, A, Prabu, T, Quelquejay Leclere, H, Rana, P, Samajdar, A, Sanidas, S, Sesana, A, Shaifullah, G, Singha, J, Speri, L, Spiewak, R, Srivastava, A, Stappers, B, Surnis, M, Susarla, S, Susobhanan, A, Takahashi, K, Tarafdar, P, Theureau, G, Tiburzi, C, van der Wateren, E, Vecchio, A, Venkatraman Krishnan, V, Verbiest, J, Wang, J, Wang, L, Wu, Z, J. Antoniadis, P. Arumugam, S. Arumugam, S. Babak, M. Bagchi, A. S. Bak Nielsen, C. G. Bassa, A. Bathula, A. Berthereau, M. Bonetti, E. Bortolas, P. R. Brook, M. Burgay, R. N. Caballero, A. Chalumeau, D. J. Champion, S. Chanlaridis, S. Chen, I. Cognard, S. Dandapat, D. Deb, S. Desai, G. Desvignes, N. Dhanda-Batra, C. Dwivedi, M. Falxa, I. Ferranti, R. D. Ferdman, A. Franchini, J. R. Gair, B. Goncharov, A. Gopakumar, E. Graikou, J. M. Grießmeier, L. Guillemot, Y. J. Guo, Y. Gupta, S. Hisano, H. Hu, F. Iraci, D. Izquierdo-Villalba, J. Jang, J. Jawor, G. H. Janssen, A. Jessner, B. C. Joshi, F. Kareem, R. Karuppusamy, E. F. Keane, M. J. Keith, D. Kharbanda, T. Kikunaga, N. Kolhe, M. Kramer, M. A. Krishnakumar, K. Lackeos, K. J. Lee, K. Liu, Y. Liu, A. G. Lyne, J. W. McKee, Y. Maan, R. A. Main, S. Manzini, M. B. Mickaliger, I. C. Nitu, K. Nobleson, A. K. Paladi, A. Parthasarathy, B. B. P. Perera, D. Perrodin, A. Petiteau, N. K. Porayko, A. Possenti, T. Prabu, H. Quelquejay Leclere, P. Rana, A. Samajdar, S. A. Sanidas, A. Sesana, G. Shaifullah, J. Singha, L. Speri, R. Spiewak, A. Srivastava, B. W. Stappers, M. Surnis, S. C. Susarla, A. Susobhanan, K. Takahashi, P. Tarafdar, G. Theureau, C. Tiburzi, E. van der Wateren, A. Vecchio, V. Venkatraman Krishnan, J. P. W. Verbiest, J. Wang, L. Wang, Z. Wu, Antoniadis, J, Arumugam, P, Arumugam, S, Babak, S, Bagchi, M, Bak Nielsen, A, Bassa, C, Bathula, A, Berthereau, A, Bonetti, M, Bortolas, E, Brook, P, Burgay, M, Caballero, R, Chalumeau, A, Champion, D, Chanlaridis, S, Chen, S, Cognard, I, Dandapat, S, Deb, D, Desai, S, Desvignes, G, Dhanda-Batra, N, Dwivedi, C, Falxa, M, Ferranti, I, Ferdman, R, Franchini, A, Gair, J, Goncharov, B, Gopakumar, A, Graikou, E, Grießmeier, J, Guillemot, L, Guo, Y, Gupta, Y, Hisano, S, Hu, H, Iraci, F, Izquierdo-Villalba, D, Jang, J, Jawor, J, Janssen, G, Jessner, A, Joshi, B, Kareem, F, Karuppusamy, R, Keane, E, Keith, M, Kharbanda, D, Kikunaga, T, Kolhe, N, Kramer, M, Krishnakumar, M, Lackeos, K, Lee, K, Liu, K, Liu, Y, Lyne, A, Mckee, J, Maan, Y, Main, R, Manzini, S, Mickaliger, M, Nitu, I, Nobleson, K, Paladi, A, Parthasarathy, A, Perera, B, Perrodin, D, Petiteau, A, Porayko, N, Possenti, A, Prabu, T, Quelquejay Leclere, H, Rana, P, Samajdar, A, Sanidas, S, Sesana, A, Shaifullah, G, Singha, J, Speri, L, Spiewak, R, Srivastava, A, Stappers, B, Surnis, M, Susarla, S, Susobhanan, A, Takahashi, K, Tarafdar, P, Theureau, G, Tiburzi, C, van der Wateren, E, Vecchio, A, Venkatraman Krishnan, V, Verbiest, J, Wang, J, Wang, L, Wu, Z, J. Antoniadis, P. Arumugam, S. Arumugam, S. Babak, M. Bagchi, A. S. Bak Nielsen, C. G. Bassa, A. Bathula, A. Berthereau, M. Bonetti, E. Bortolas, P. R. Brook, M. Burgay, R. N. Caballero, A. Chalumeau, D. J. Champion, S. Chanlaridis, S. Chen, I. Cognard, S. Dandapat, D. Deb, S. Desai, G. Desvignes, N. Dhanda-Batra, C. Dwivedi, M. Falxa, I. Ferranti, R. D. Ferdman, A. Franchini, J. R. Gair, B. Goncharov, A. Gopakumar, E. Graikou, J. M. Grießmeier, L. Guillemot, Y. J. Guo, Y. Gupta, S. Hisano, H. Hu, F. Iraci, D. Izquierdo-Villalba, J. Jang, J. Jawor, G. H. Janssen, A. Jessner, B. C. Joshi, F. Kareem, R. Karuppusamy, E. F. Keane, M. J. Keith, D. Kharbanda, T. Kikunaga, N. Kolhe, M. Kramer, M. A. Krishnakumar, K. Lackeos, K. J. Lee, K. Liu, Y. Liu, A. G. Lyne, J. W. McKee, Y. Maan, R. A. Main, S. Manzini, M. B. Mickaliger, I. C. Nitu, K. Nobleson, A. K. Paladi, A. Parthasarathy, B. B. P. Perera, D. Perrodin, A. Petiteau, N. K. Porayko, A. Possenti, T. Prabu, H. Quelquejay Leclere, P. Rana, A. Samajdar, S. A. Sanidas, A. Sesana, G. Shaifullah, J. Singha, L. Speri, R. Spiewak, A. Srivastava, B. W. Stappers, M. Surnis, S. C. Susarla, A. Susobhanan, K. Takahashi, P. Tarafdar, G. Theureau, C. Tiburzi, E. van der Wateren, A. Vecchio, V. Venkatraman Krishnan, J. P. W. Verbiest, J. Wang, L. Wang, and Z. Wu

Abstract

We present the results of a search for continuous gravitational wave signals (CGWs) in the second data release (DR2) of the European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA) collaboration. The most significant candidate event from this search has a gravitational wave frequency of 4-5 nHz. Such a signal could be generated by a supermassive black hole binary (SMBHB) in the local Universe. We present the results of a follow-up analysis of this candidate using both Bayesian and frequentist methods. The Bayesian analysis gives a Bayes factor of 4 in favor of the presence of the CGW over a common uncorrelated noise process, while the frequentist analysis estimates the p-value of the candidate to be 1%, also assuming the presence of common uncorrelated red noise. However, comparing a model that includes both a CGW and a gravitational wave background (GWB) to a GWB only, the Bayes factor in favour of the CGW model is only 0.7. Therefore, we cannot conclusively determine the origin of the observed feature, but we cannot rule it out as a CGW source. We present results of simulations that demonstrate that data containing a weak gravitational wave background can be misinterpreted as data including a CGW and vice versa, providing two plausible explanations of the EPTA DR2 data. Further investigations combining data from all PTA collaborations will be needed to reveal the true origin of this feature.

12. Discovery of a radio emitting neutron star with an ultra-long spin period of 76 seconds.

Author

Caleb M, Heywood I, Rajwade K, Malenta M, Stappers B, Barr E, Chen W, Morello V, Sanidas S, van den Eijnden J, Kramer M, Buckley D, Brink J, Motta SE, Woudt P, Weltevrede P, Jankowski F, Surnis M, Buchner S, Bezuidenhout MC, Driessen LN, and Fender R

Abstract

The radio-emitting neutron star population encompasses objects with spin periods ranging from milliseconds to tens of seconds. As they age and spin more slowly, their radio emission is expected to cease. We present the discovery of an ultra-long period radio-emitting neutron star, PSR J0901-4046, with spin properties distinct from the known spin and magnetic-decay powered neutron stars. With a spin-period of 75.88 s, a characteristic age of 5.3 Myr, and a narrow pulse duty-cycle, it is uncertain how radio emission is generated and challenges our current understanding of how these systems evolve. The radio emission has unique spectro-temporal properties such as quasi-periodicity and partial nulling that provide important clues to the emission mechanism. Detecting similar sources is observationally challenging, which implies a larger undetected population. Our discovery establishes the existence of ultra-long period neutron stars, suggesting a possible connection to the evolution of highly magnetized neutron stars, ultra-long period magnetars, and fast radio bursts., Competing Interests: Conflict of interest/Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests.

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2022
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