Astronomy:PSR J0740+6620

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Short description: Neutron star
PSR J0740+6620
Pulsar schematic.svg
Schematic of a pulsar
Observation data
Equinox J2000.0]] (ICRS)
Constellation Camelopardalis
Right ascension  07h 40m 45.799s[1]
Declination +66° 20′ 33.60″[1]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Pulsar
Details
Mass2.08 M☉
Radius13-15.1 km R☉
Other designations
3FGL J0740.8+6621, 4FGL J0741.0+6618
Database references
SIMBADdata

PSR J0740+6620 is a neutron star in a binary system with a white dwarf, located 4,600 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy. It was discovered in 2019, by astronomers using the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia, U.S., and confirmed as a rapidly rotating millisecond pulsar.

It is among the most massive neutron stars ever observed – with 2.08+0.07
−0.07 M☉[2][3][4] placing it near the boundary of the theoretical maximum.[5] Its mass was calculated via the Shapiro delay of its white dwarf companion as it passed edge-on to Earth. It was the record holder for the heaviest NS until July 2022 when the title was taken by PSR J0952–0607 with a reported mass of 2.35+0.17
−0.17 M☉.[6][7]

PSR J0740+6620 is estimated to measure 12.39+1.30
−0.98 km (7.70+0.81
−0.61 mi).[8][9][10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "PSR J0740+6620". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=PSR+J0740%2B6620. 
  2. ↑ Fonseca, E.; Cromartie, H. T.; Pennucci, T. T.; Ray, P. S.; Kirichenko, A. Yu; Ransom, S. M.; Demorest, P. B.; Stairs, I. H. et al. (1 July 2021). "Refined Mass and Geometric Measurements of the High-mass PSR J0740+6620" (in en). The Astrophysical Journal Letters 915 (1): L12. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ac03b8. ISSN 2041-8205. Bibcode: 2021ApJ...915L..12F. 
  3. ↑ Kohler, Susanna (16 August 2021). "Reweighing a Heavy Neutron Star" (in en-US). https://aasnova.org/2021/08/16/re-weighing-a-heavy-neutron-star/. 
  4. ↑ Cromartie, H. T.; Fonseca, E.; Ransom, S. M. et al. (2019). "Relativistic Shapiro delay measurements of an extremely massive millisecond pulsar". Nature Astronomy 4: 72–76. doi:10.1038/s41550-019-0880-2. Bibcode: 2020NatAs...4...72C. 
  5. ↑ Green Bank Observatory (September 16, 2019). "Most massive neutron star ever detected, almost too massive to exist" (in en-US). https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190916114030.htm. 
  6. ↑ Croswell, Ken (2022-07-22). "The heaviest neutron star on record is 2.35 times the mass of the sun" (in en-US). https://www.sciencenews.org/article/heaviest-neutron-star-mass-sun-record-black-holes. 
  7. ↑ Romani, Roger W.; Kandel, D.; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Brink, Thomas G.; Zheng, WeiKang (2022-07-11). "PSR J0952−0607: The Fastest and Heaviest Known Galactic Neutron Star". The Astrophysical Journal Letters 934 (2): L17. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ac8007. Bibcode: 2022ApJ...934L..17R. 
  8. ↑ "A NICER View of the Massive Pulsar PSR J0740+6620 Informed by Radio Timing and XMM-Newton Spectroscopy". The Astrophysical Journal Letters 918 (2): L27. 14 May 2021. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ac0a81. Bibcode: 2021ApJ...918L..27R. 
  9. ↑ "NASA's NICER Probes the Squeezability of Neutron Stars". 19 April 2021. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-s-nicer-probes-the-squeezability-of-neutron-stars. 
  10. ↑ "Squishy Neutron Star Setback Dampens Hopes of Exotic Matter". 26 May 2021. https://www.quantamagazine.org/squishy-neutron-star-setback-dampens-hopes-of-exotic-matter-20210526/. 

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