Searching for Pulsars in Globular Clusters with the Fast-folding Algorithm and a New Pulsar Discovered in M13

We employed the fast-folding algorithm on L -band globular cluster (GC) observations taken with the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope to search for new pulsars, especially those with a long rotational period. We conducted a search across 16 GCs that collectively host 93 known pul...

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Published in:The Astrophysical Journal
Main Authors: Yaowei Li, Lin Wang, Lei Qian, Liyun Zhang, Yujie Chen, Dejiang Yin, Baoda Li, Yinfeng Dai, Ralph P. Eatough, Wenze Li, Dongyue Jiang, Xingnan Zhang, Minghui Li, Yujie Lian, Yuxiao Wu, Tong Liu, Kuo Liu, Zhichen Pan
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/add6a5
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Summary:We employed the fast-folding algorithm on L -band globular cluster (GC) observations taken with the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope to search for new pulsars, especially those with a long rotational period. We conducted a search across 16 GCs that collectively host 93 known pulsars, as well as 14 GCs that do not contain any known pulsars. The majority of these known pulsars were successfully redetected in our survey. The few nondetections could be attributed to the high accelerations of these pulsars. Additionally, we have discovered a new binary millisecond pulsar, namely M13I (or PSR J1641+3627I) in GC M13 (or NGC 6205), and obtained its phase-coherent timing solution using observations spanning 6 yr. M13I has a spin period of 6.37 ms and an orbital period of 18.23 days. The eccentricity of the binary orbit is 0.064, with a companion mass range of approximately 0.45 to 1.37 M _⊙ . The orbital properties of M13I are remarkably different from those of the other known pulsars in M13, indicating that this pulsar has undergone a different evolutionary path compared to the rest.
ISSN:1538-4357