Timing Six Energetic Rotation-powered X-Ray Pulsars, Including the Fast-spinning Young PSR J0058-7218 and Big Glitcher PSR J0537-6910
Abstract
Measuring a pulsar's rotational evolution is crucial to understanding the nature of the pulsar. Here, we provide updated timing models for the rotational evolution of six pulsars, five of which are rotation phase-connected using primarily NICER X-ray data. For the newly discovered fast energetic young pulsar, PSR J0058-7218, we increase the baseline of its timing model from 1.4 days to 8 months and not only measure more precisely its spin-down rate $\dot{\nu }=(-6.2324\pm 0.0001)\times {10}^{-11}\,\mathrm{Hz}\,{{\rm{s}}}^{-1}$ but also for the first time the second time derivative of its spin rate $\ddot{\nu }=(4.2\pm 0.2)\times {10}^{-21}\,\mathrm{Hz}\,{{\rm{s}}}^{-2}$ . For the fastest and most energetic young pulsar, PSR J0537-6910 (with a 16 ms spin period), we detect four more glitches, for a total of 15 glitches over 4.5 yr of NICER monitoring, and show that its spin-down behavior continues to set this pulsar apart from all others, including a long-term braking index n = -1.234 ± 0.009 and interglitch braking indices that asymptote to ≲7 for long times after a glitch. For PSR J1101-6101, we measure a much more accurate spin-down rate that agrees with a previous value measured without phase connection. For PSR J1412+7922 (also known as Calvera), we extend the baseline of its timing model from our previous 1 yr model to 4.4 yr, and for PSR J1849-0001, we extend the baseline from 1.5 to 4.7 yr. We also present a long-term timing model of the energetic pulsar PSR J1813-1749, by fitting previous radio and X-ray spin frequencies from 2009-2019 and new ones measured here using 2018 NuSTAR and 2021 Chandra data.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- November 2022
- DOI:
- 10.3847/1538-4357/ac8743
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2205.02865
- Bibcode:
- 2022ApJ...939....7H
- Keywords:
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- Neutron stars;
- Pulsars;
- Rotation powered pulsars;
- X-ray sources;
- Ephemerides;
- 1108;
- 1306;
- 1408;
- 1822;
- 464;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 18 pages, 17 figures