Hiccup accretion in the swinging pulsar IGR J18245–2452

Ferrigno, C.; Bozzo, E.; Papitto, A.; Rea, N.; Pavan, L.; Campana, S.; Wieringa, M.; Filipović, M.; Falanga, M.; Stella, L.

doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201322904

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Hiccup accretion in the swinging pulsar IGR J18245–2452

Published in Astronomy and Astrophysics • May 21, 2014

Authors:

C. Ferrigno

E. Bozzo

A. Papitto

Abstract

The source IGR J18245–2452 is the fifteenth discovered accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar and the first neutron star to show direct evidence of a transition between accretion- and rotation-powered emission states. These swings provided the strongest confirmation to date of the pulsar recycling scena...

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Physics

Astrophysics

Millisecond pulsar

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