Probing the Accretion History of the "Transition" Object PSR J1023+0038
Abstract
The extraordinary binary radio millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038 is a ``missing link'' between low-mass X-ray binaries and rotation-powered millisecond pulsars. In the past few months it has ceased emission in the radio, possibly because it has reverted back to an X-ray binary phase. We propose a monitoring spectroscopic and timing study of this system to look for the signature of ongoing or recent accretion in this system in the pulsed thermal emission from the neutron star. This investigation may offer unique insight into the transition process of millisecond pulsars from accretion to rotation power.
- Publication:
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XMM-Newton Proposal
- Pub Date:
- October 2013
- Bibcode:
- 2013xmm..prop...86B
- Keywords:
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- White Dwarf Binaries;
- Neutron Star Binaries;
- Cataclysmic Variables;
- ULXs;
- Black Holes;
- PSR J1023+0038