2025ApJ...982..168G


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2025ApJ...982..168G - Astrophys. J., 982, 168 (2025/April-1)

Exploring Unusual High-frequency Eclipses in MSP J1908+2105.

GHOSH A., BHATTACHARYYA B., KUMARI S., JOHNSTON S., WELTEVREDE P. and ROY J.

Abstract (from CDS):

This paper presents a comprehensive study of the eclipse properties of the spider millisecond pulsar (MSP) J1908+2105, using wide-band observations from the uGMRT and Parkes UWL. For the first time, we observed that this pulsar exhibits extended eclipses up to 4 GHz, the highest frequency band of the Parkes Ultra-Wideband, making it one of only three MSPs known to have such high-frequency eclipses. This study reveals synchrotron absorption as the primary eclipse mechanism for J1908+2105. We present modeling of synchrotron optical depth with various possible combinations of the parameters to explain the observed eclipsing in this as well as other spider MSPs. Observed eclipses at unusually high frequencies for J1908+2105 significantly aided in constraining the magnetic field and electron column density in the eclipse medium while modeling the synchrotron optical depth. Combining our findings with data from other MSPs in the literature, for the first time we note that a higher cutoff frequency of eclipsing, particularly above 1 GHz, is consistently associated with a higher electron column density (>1017 cm–2) in the eclipse medium. Additionally, we present the first evidence of lensing effects near eclipse boundaries in this MSP, leading to significant magnification of radio emissions. The orbital-phase-resolved polarization analysis presented in this paper further indicates variation in rotation measure and consequently stronger magnetic fields in the eclipse region.

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

Journal keyword(s): Binary pulsars - Millisecond pulsars

Simbad objects: 15

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Number of rows : 15
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 PSR J0023-7203J Psr 00 23 59.40735 -72 03 58.7914           ~ 91 1
2 PSR J1023+0038 Psr 10 23 47.6841824712 +00 38 41.005893516     17.31     GV 470 0
3 XSS J12270-4859 Psr 12 27 58.7476831464 -48 53 42.824592960           ~ 321 0
4 PSR J1242-4712 Psr 12 42 12.80 -47 12 17.3           ~ 7 0
5 PSR J1431-4715 Psr 14 31 44.6313693632 -47 15 27.399549133           ~ 49 0
6 PSR J1544+4937 Psr 15 44 04.166 +49 37 57.45           ~ 89 1
7 PSR J1723-2837 Psr 17 23 23.1937506912 -28 37 57.210408048   16.81 15.77 15.71   ~ 105 0
8 PSR J1731-18 Psr 17 31 17.6072 -18 47 32.740           ~ 46 1
9 PSR B1744-24A Psr 17 48 02.249 -24 46 37.65           ~ 235 0
10 PSR J1810+17 Psr 18 10 37.2791131488 +17 44 37.425884136           ~ 147 1
11 PSR J1816+4510 Psr 18 16 35.9342957160 +45 10 33.917516328           ~ 126 0
12 PSR J1908+2105 Psr 19 09 32.0 +21 02 56           ~ 30 0
13 PSR J1959+2048 Psr 19 59 36.7643141520 +20 48 14.896407996   21.08 20.16 19.53 18.79 G: 854 3
14 V* LY Aqr Psr 20 51 07.52058 -08 27 37.6100           ~ 236 2
15 PSR J2256-1024 Psr 22 56 56.390 -10 24 34.37           ~ 88 0

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