NuSTAR and NICER reveal IGR J17591-2342 as a new accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar

NuSTAR and NICER reveal IGR J17591-2342 as a new accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar

We report the discovery by the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar IGR J17591-2342. Coherent X-ray pulsations around 527.4 Hz (1.9 ms) with a clear Doppler modulation were detected. This i...

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Main Authors: Sanna, A. (Author), Ferrigno, C. (Author), Ray, P. S. (Author), Ducci, L. (Author), Jaisawal, G. K. (Author), Enoto, T. (Author), Bozzo, E. (Author), Altamirano, D. (Author), Di Salvo, T. (Author), Strohmayer, T. E. (Author), Papitto, A. (Author), Riggio, A. (Author), Burderi, L. (Author), Bult, P. M. (Author), Bogdanov, S. (Author), Gambino, A. F. (Author), Marino, A. (Author), Iaria, R. (Author), Arzoumanian, Z. (Author), Gendreau, K. C. (Author), Guillot, S. (Author), Markwardt, C. (Author), Wolff, M. T. (Author), Chakrabarty, Deepto (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences, 2019-03-18T14:42:41Z.
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