A Search for Pulsars in Quiescent Soft X-Ray Transients. I. Export

@article{citeulike:3485718, abstract = {doi: 10.1086/374690 ABSTRACT We have carried out a deep search at 1.4 GHz for radio pulsed emission from six soft X-ray transient sources observed during their X-ray quiescent phase. The commonly accepted model for the formation of millisecond radio pulsars predicts the presence of a rapidly rotating, weakly magnetized neutron star in the core of these systems. The sudden drop in accretion rate associated with the end of an X-ray outburst causes the Alfven surface to move outside the light cylinder, allowing the pulsar emission process to operate. No pulsed signal was detected from the sources in our sample. We discuss several mechanisms that could hamper the detection and suggest that free-free absorption from material ejected from the system by the pulsar radiation pressure could explain our null result.}, author = {Burgay, M. and Burderi, L. and Possenti, A. and D'Amico, N. and Manchester, R. N. and Lyne, A. G. and Camilo, F. and Campana, S.}, citeulike-article-id = {3485718}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/374690}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/374690}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1086/374690}, journal = {The Astrophysical Journal}, keywords = {lmxb, search}, month = {June}, number = {2}, pages = {902--910}, posted-at = {2008-11-06 20:10:21}, priority = {2}, title = {A Search for Pulsars in Quiescent Soft X-Ray Transients. I.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/374690}, volume = {589}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3485718 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3485718 N2 - doi: 10.1086/374690 ABSTRACT We have carried out a deep search at 1.4 GHz for radio pulsed emission from six soft X-ray transient sources observed during their X-ray quiescent phase. The commonly accepted model for the formation of millisecond radio pulsars predicts the presence of a rapidly rotating, weakly magnetized neutron star in the core of these systems. The sudden drop in accretion rate associated with the end of an X-ray outburst causes the Alfven surface to move outside the light cylinder, allowing the pulsar emission process to operate. No pulsed signal was detected from the sources in our sample. We discuss several mechanisms that could hamper the detection and suggest that free-free absorption from material ejected from the system by the pulsar radiation pressure could explain our null result. IS - 2 JF - The Astrophysical Journal EP - 910 TI - A Search for Pulsars in Quiescent Soft X-Ray Transients. I. VL - 589 SP - 902 KW - lmxb KW - search AU - Burgay, M AU - Burderi, L AU - Possenti, A AU - D'Amico, N AU - Manchester, RN AU - Lyne, AG AU - Camilo, F AU - Campana, S PY - 2003/06/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/374690 ER -