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Title

Arecibo PALFA survey and Einstein@Home: binary pulsar discovery by volunteer computing

Author(s)

Knispel, B.;  Lazarus, P.;  Allen, B.;  Anderson, D.;  Aulbert, C.;  Bhat, N. D. R.;  Bock, O.;  Bogdanov, S.;  Brazier, A.;  Camilo, F.;  Chatterjee, S.;  Cordes, J. M.;  Crawford, F.;  Deneva, J. S.;  Desvignes, G.;  Fehrmann, H.;  Freire, P. C. C.;  Hammer, D.;  Hessels, J. W. T.;  Jenet, F. A.;  Kaspi, V. M.;  Kramer, M.;  Van Leeuwen, J.;  Lorimer, D. R.;  Lyne, A. G.;  MacHenschalk, B.;  McLaughlin, M. A.;  Messenger, C.;  Nice, D. J.;  Papa, M. A.;  Pletsch, H. J.;  Prix, R.;  Ransom, S. M.;  Siemens, X.;  Stairs, I. H.;  Stappers, B. W.;  Stovall, K.;  Venkataraman, A.

Abstract

We report the discovery of the 20.7 ms binary pulsar J1952+2630, made using the distributed computing project Einstein@Home in Pulsar ALFA survey observations with the Arecibo telescope. Follow-up observations with the Arecibo telescope confirm the binary nature of the system.

Publication type

Journal article

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing

Source

Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 732, no. 1 (May 2011), article no. L1

Publication year

2011

FOR Code(s)

0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences

Keyword(s)

Neutron stars;  PSR J1952+2630;  Pulsars;  White dwarfs

Publisher

Institute of Physics Publishing

ISSN

2041-8205

Publisher URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/732/1/l1

Copyright

Copyright © 2011 The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

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