An Unusual Pulse Shape Change Event in PSR J1713+0747 Observed with the Green Bank Telescope and CHIME

Jennings, Ross J.; Cordes, James M.; Chatterjee, Shami; McLaughlin, Maura A.; Demorest, Paul B.; Arzoumanian, Zaven; Baker, Paul T.; Blumer, Harsha; Brook, Paul R.; Cohen, Tyler; Crawford, Fronefield; Thankful Cromartie, H.; DeCesar, Megan E.; Dolch, Timothy; Ferrara, Elizabeth C.; Fonseca, Emmanuel; Good, Deborah C.; Hazboun, Jeffrey S.; Jones, Megan L.; Kaplan, David L.; Lam, Michael T.; Lazio, T. Joseph W.; Lorimer, Duncan R.; Lazio, W.; Luo, Jing; Lynch, Ryan S.; McKee, James W.; Madison, Dustin R.; Meyers, Bradley W.; Mingarelli, Chiara M.F.; Nice, David J.; Pennucci, Timothy T.; Perera, Benetge B.P.; Pol, Nihan S.; Ransom, Scott M.; Ray, Paul S.; Shapiro-Albert, Brent J.; Siemens, Xavier; Stairs, Ingrid H.; Stinebring, Daniel R.; Swiggum, Joseph K.; Tan, Chia Min; Taylor, Stephen R.; Vigeland, Sarah J.; Witt, Caitlin A.

Abstract

The millisecond pulsar J1713+0747 underwent a sudden and significant pulse shape change between 2021 April 16 and 17 (MJDs 59320 and 59321). Subsequently, the pulse shape gradually recovered over the course of several months. We report the results of continued multifrequency radio observations of the pulsar made using the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment and the 100 m Green Bank Telescope in a 3 yr period encompassing the shape change event, between 2020 February and 2023 February. As of 2023 February, the pulse shape had returned to a state similar to that seen before the event, but with measurable changes remaining. The amplitude of the shape change and the accompanying time-of-arrival residuals display a strong nonmonotonic dependence on radio frequency, demonstrating that the event is neither a glitch (the effects of which should be independent of radio frequency, ν) nor a change in dispersion measure alone (which would produce a delay proportional to ν−2). However, it does bear some resemblance to the two previous “chromatic timing events” observed in J1713+0747, as well as to a similar event observed in PSR J1643−1224 in 2015.

Citation

Jennings, R. J., Cordes, J. M., Chatterjee, S., McLaughlin, M. A., Demorest, P. B., Arzoumanian, Z., Baker, P. T., Blumer, H., Brook, P. R., Cohen, T., Crawford, F., Thankful Cromartie, H., DeCesar, M. E., Dolch, T., Ferrara, E. C., Fonseca, E., Good, D. C., Hazboun, J. S., Jones, M. L., Kaplan, D. L., …Witt, C. A. (2024). An Unusual Pulse Shape Change Event in PSR J1713+0747 Observed with the Green Bank Telescope and CHIME. The Astrophysical journal, 964(2), Article 179. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad2930

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 2, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Mar 29, 2024
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2024
• Deposit Date: Apr 9, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 9, 2024
• Journal: Astrophysical Journal
• Print ISSN: 0004-637X
• Electronic ISSN: 1538-4357
• Publisher: American Astronomical Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 964
• Issue: 2
• Article Number: 179
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad2930
• Keywords: Pulsars; Millisecond pulsars; Radio astrometry
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4621271