A Systematic Search for Redback and Black Widow Candidates Based on the 4FGL-DR3 Unassociated Sources and the Zwicky Transient Facility Data

Spider pulsars represent a unique subclass of radio millisecond pulsars in binaries, and are further categorized into black widows and redbacks according to the mass of the low-mass companion. These pulsars, observable across multiple wavelengths, exhibit periodic variability in optical. The discove...

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Main Authors: Chunyan Lu, Liangliang Ren, Jiamao Lin, Wenjun Huang, Hewen Yang, P. H. Thomas Tam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad8e39