An eclipsing millisecond pulsar in the globular cluster Terzan 5 Export

@article{citeulike:3443910, abstract = {An eclipsing binary millisecond pulsar has been discovered in the globular cluster Terzan 5. This, the second known eclipsing binary pulsar after PSR1957 + 20, has a pulse period of 11.56 ms and a very short orbital period of 1.8 hr. In contrast to PSR1957 + 20, the eclipse duration is very variable and never less than one third of the orbital period. The pulsar is in a circular orbit of radius 0.11 light seconds, which implies a minimum companion mass of 0.089 solar, about four times the companion mass of PSR1957 + 20. Timing observations suggest an identification of the pulsar with a variable continuum source located about 30 arcsec west of the cluster center. The eclipse is due to absorption or scattering in a tenuous wind flowing from the companion star.}, author = {Lyne, A. G. and Johnston, S. and Manchester, R. N. and Staveley-Smith, L. and D'Amico, N.}, citeulike-article-id = {3443910}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/347650a0}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1990Natur.347..650L}, doi = {10.1038/347650a0}, journal = {Nature}, keywords = {binary, eclipses, msp, pulsar, radio}, month = {October}, pages = {650--652}, posted-at = {2008-10-23 17:03:04}, priority = {2}, title = {An eclipsing millisecond pulsar in the globular cluster Terzan 5}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/347650a0}, volume = {347}, year = {1990} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3443910 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3443910 N2 - An eclipsing binary millisecond pulsar has been discovered in the globular cluster Terzan 5. This, the second known eclipsing binary pulsar after PSR1957 + 20, has a pulse period of 11.56 ms and a very short orbital period of 1.8 hr. In contrast to PSR1957 + 20, the eclipse duration is very variable and never less than one third of the orbital period. The pulsar is in a circular orbit of radius 0.11 light seconds, which implies a minimum companion mass of 0.089 solar, about four times the companion mass of PSR1957 + 20. Timing observations suggest an identification of the pulsar with a variable continuum source located about 30 arcsec west of the cluster center. The eclipse is due to absorption or scattering in a tenuous wind flowing from the companion star. JF - Nature EP - 652 TI - An eclipsing millisecond pulsar in the globular cluster Terzan 5 VL - 347 SP - 650 KW - binary KW - eclipses KW - msp KW - pulsar KW - radio AU - Lyne, AG AU - Johnston, S AU - Manchester, RN AU - Staveley-Smith, L AU - D'Amico, N PY - 1990/October// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/347650a0 ER -