PSR J1909-3744, a Binary Millisecond Pulsar with a Very Small Duty Cycle.pdfVIP

a r X i v : a s t r o - p h / 0 3 1 1 4 1 5 v 1 1 8 N o v 2 0 0 3 PSR J1909?3744, a Binary Millisecond Pulsar with a Very Small Duty Cycle B. A. Jacoby1, M. Bailes2, M. H. van Kerkwijk3, S. Ord2, A. Hotan2,4, S. R. Kulkarni1, and S. B. Anderson1 ABSTRACT We report the discovery of PSR J1909?3744, a 2.95 millisecond pulsar in a nearly circular 1.53 day orbit. Its narrow pulse width of 43μs allows pulse arrival times to be determined with great accuracy. We have spectroscopically identified the companion as a moderately hot (T ≈ 8500K) white dwarf with strong absorption lines. Radial veloci