An Eccentric Binary Millisecond Pulsar in the Galactic Plane
An Eccentric Binary Millisecond Pulsar in the Galactic Plane
Binary pulsar systems are superb probes of stellar and binary evolution and the physics of extreme environments. In a survey with the Arecibo telescope, we have found PSR J1903+0327, a radio pulsar with a rotational period of 2.15 ms in a highly eccentric (e = 0.44) 95-day orbit around a …