2026ApJ...998..146S


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2026ApJ...998..146S - Astrophys. J., 998, 146 (2026/February-2)

Temporal Variations in Pulsar Spectropolarimetry: Findings from Millisecond Pulsar J2144-5237 Using Parkes UWL Receiver.

SHARAN R., BHATTACHARYYA B., JOHNSTON S., WELTEVREDE P. and ROY J.

Abstract (from CDS):

While the temporal variations of the spectropolarimetric nature of pulsars remain unexplored, this investigation offers significant potential for uncovering key insights into pulsar emission mechanisms, magnetic field geometry, and propagation effects within the magnetosphere. We developed a package for investigating time-varying spectral behavior for full Stokes parameters and demonstrate it on a millisecond pulsar (MSP), J2144-5237, in a binary system (orbital period ∼10 days) using the Parkes Ultra-Wideband Low receiver. In this study we report rotation measure variation with orbital phase. We find that the temporal variations in the spectra of Stokes I, Q, and V are generally correlated throughout the orbit, while Stokes U exhibits intervals of both correlation and anticorrelation with Stokes I, depending on the orbital phase. We also provide a Poincaré sphere representation of the polarization properties of J2144-5237, demonstrating a systematic temporal change of Poincaré sphere location for the main component with orbital phase. To our knowledge, this is the first investigation of the time-varying properties of the spectropolarimetric nature of any pulsars or MSPs. Extending this study to probe the spectrotemporal nature of full Stokes data on a larger sample of MSPs or pulsars has the potential to provide vital information on emission mechanisms inside the magnetosphere, interstellar propagation effects, and binary interactions.

Abstract Copyright: © 2026. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Millisecond pulsars - Binary pulsars - Radio pulsars - Spectropolarimetry

Simbad objects: 8

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Number of rows : 8
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 J0437-47 Psr 04 37 15.7994581776 -47 15 08.544351636           DC 1032 0
2 PSR J1017-7156 Psr 10 17 51.311783 -71 56 41.57398           ~ 61 1
3 CPD-63 2495 HXB 13 02 47.6544015048 -63 50 08.626970292 10.34 10.72 9.98 10.03   O9.5Ve 852 0
4 PSR B1744-24A Psr 17 48 02.249 -24 46 37.65           ~ 235 0
5 ICRF J193925.0-634245 Sy2 19 39 25.0245304992 -63 42 45.640373400   18.87 18.37 17.64   ~ 1332 2
6 V* LY Aqr Psr 20 51 07.52058 -08 27 37.6100           ~ 236 2
7 PSR J2144-5237 Psr 21 44 35.6453 -52 37 07.410           ~ 9 0
8 PSR J2256-1024 Psr 22 56 56.390 -10 24 34.37           ~ 88 0

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