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2025ApJ...980..124S - Astrophys. J., 980, 124 (2025/February-2)

PSR J1947-1120: A New Huntsman Millisecond Pulsar Binary.

STRADER J., RAY P.S., URQUHART R., SWIHART S.J., CHOMIUK L., AYDI E., BELLM E.C., DAGE K.C., DECESAR M.E., DENEVA J.S., McLAUGHLIN M.A., MOLINA I., PANURACH T. and SOKOLOVSKY K.V.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present the discovery of PSR J1947-1120, a new huntsman millisecond pulsar with a red giant companion star in a 10.3 day orbit. This pulsar was found via optical, X-ray, and radio follow-up of the previously unassociated γ-ray source 4FGL J1947.6-1121. PSR J1947-1120 is the second confirmed pulsar in the huntsman class and establishes this as a bona fide subclass of millisecond pulsars. We use MESA models to show that huntsman pulsars can be naturally explained as neutron star binaries whose secondaries are currently in the “red bump” region of the red giant branch, temporarily underfilling their Roche lobes and hence halting mass transfer. Huntsman pulsars offer a new view of the formation of typical millisecond pulsars, allowing novel constraints on the efficiency of mass transfer and recycling at an intermediate stage in the process.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Neutron stars

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