Two Millisecond Pulsars Discovered by the PALFA Survey and a Shapiro Delay 
Measurement

Deneva, J. S.; Freire, P. C. C.; Cordes, J. M.; Lyne, A. G.; Ransom, S. M.; Cognard, I.; Camilo, F.; Nice, D. J.; Stairs, I. H.; Allen, B.; Bhat, N. D. R.; Bogdanov, S.; Brazier, A.; Champion, D. J.; Chatterjee, S.; Crawford, F.; Desvignes, G.; Hessels, J. W. T.; Jenet, F. A.; Kaspi, V. M.; Knispel, B.; Kramer, M.; Lazarus, P.; van Leeuwen, J.; Lorimer, D. R.; Lynch, R. S.; McLaughlin, M. A.; Scholz, P.; Siemens, X.; Stappers, B. W.; Stovall, K.; Venkataraman, A.

doi:10.1088/0004-637X/757/1/89

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Two Millisecond Pulsars Discovered by the PALFA Survey and a Shapiro Delay Measurement

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Allen, B.
Observational Relativity and Cosmology, AEI-Hannover, MPI for Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Deneva, J. S., Freire, P. C. C., Cordes, J. M., Lyne, A. G., Ransom, S. M., Cognard, I., et al. (2012). Two Millisecond Pulsars Discovered by the PALFA Survey and a Shapiro Delay Measurement. Astrophysical Journal, 757: 89. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/757/1/89.

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We present two millisecond pulsar discoveries from the PALFA survey of the Galactic plane with the Arecibo telescope. PSR J1955+2527 is an isolated pulsar with a period of 4.87 ms, and PSR J1949+3106 has a period of 13.14 ms and is in a 1.9-day binary system with a massive companion. Their timing solutions, based on 4 years of timing measurements with the Arecibo, Green Bank, Nan\c{c}ay and Jodrell Bank telescopes, allow precise determination of spin and astrometric parameters, including precise determinations of their proper motions. For PSR J1949+3106, we can clearly detect the Shapiro delay. From this we measure the pulsar mass to be 1.47(+0.43/-0.31) solar masses, the companion mass to be 0.85(+0.14/-0.11) solar masses and the orbital inclination to be i = 79.9(+1.6/-1.9) degrees, where uncertainties correspond to +/- 1-\sigma\ confidence levels. With continued timing, we expect to also be able to detect the advance of periastron for the J1949+3106 system. This effect, combined with the Shapiro delay, will eventually provide very precise mass measurements for this system and a test of general relativity.