NuSTAR and NICER reveal IGR J17591–2342 as a new accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar

NuSTAR and NICER reveal IGR J17591–2342 as a new accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar

We report the discovery by the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) of the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar IGR J17591-2342. Coherent X-ray pulsations around 527.4 Hz (1.9 ms) with a clear Doppler modulation were detected. This i...

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Main Authors: Sanna, A., Ferrigno, C., Ray, P. S., Ducci, L., Jaisawal, G. K., Enoto, T., Bozzo, E., Altamirano, D., Di Salvo, T., Strohmayer, T. E., Papitto, A., Riggio, A., Burderi, L., Bult, P. M., Bogdanov, S., Gambino, A. F., Marino, A., Iaria, R., Arzoumanian, Z., Gendreau, K. C., Guillot, S., Markwardt, C., Wolff, M. T., Chakrabarty, Deepto
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Published: EDP Sciences 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/121008
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8804-8946

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