A 1.9 solar-mass neutron star candidate in a 2-year orbit

We report discovery and characterization of a main-sequence G star orbiting a dark object with mass $1.90\pm 0.04\,M_{\odot}$. The system was discovered via Gaia astrometry and has an orbital period of 731 days. We obtained multi-epoch RV follow-up over a period of 639 days, allowing us to refine th...

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Main Authors: Kareem El-Badry, Joshua D. Simon, Henrique Reggiani, Hans-Walter Rix, David W. Latham, Allyson Bieryla, Lars A. Buchhave, Sahar Shahaf, Tsevi Mazeh, Sukanya Chakrabarti, Puragra Guhathakurta, Ilya V. Ilyin, Thomas M. Tauris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Maynooth Academic Publishing 2024-04-01
Series:The Open Journal of Astrophysics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.116675