Portraits of the young and old in X-ray: New millisecond pulsar detections and updated characterisation of young neutron stars
Abstract
We present analyses of new and archival Chandra and NuSTAR data on two old millisecond pulsars, a young highly-energetic pulsar, and a young neutron star. PSR J1810-0623 is a recently-discovered 4.55 ms radio pulsar in a binary with a possible carbon-oxygen white dwarf companion. We tentatively detect the pulsar for the first time in X-ray using a new short Chandra HRC-I observation. Its faintness suggests a distance more in accord with the further (~1 kpc) of its dispersion measure-inferred distances. PSR J1933-6211 is a 3.54 ms radio pulsar also with a carbon-oxygen white dwarf companion. Our first-time X-ray detection in an archival HRC-S image indicates its X-ray luminosity is similar to that of the 1.9 Msun pulsar PSR J1614-2230. Next, PSR J1813-1749 is a 1-2 kyr pulsar with one of the highest known spin-down luminosities. We measure its spin period of 44.7 ms using 2025 NuSTAR and 2026 Chandra ACIS-S data and update its spin evolution model. We show for the first time the pulse profile of PSR J1813-1749 at 3-79 keV, and we find that the spectra of the pulsar and pulsar wind nebula at these energies did not change significantly between observations in 2018 and 2025. Finally, for the 5-10 kyr neutron star CXOU J182913.1-125113 in the supernova remnant G18.95-1.1, we combine ACIS-I observations from 2009 and 2024 to better measure the neutron star's spectrum.
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BibTeX
@article{ho2026portraits,
title = {{Portraits of the young and old in X-ray: New millisecond pulsar detections and updated characterisation of young neutron stars}},
author = {Wynn C.G Ho and Patrick H Wang and Sebastien Guillot},
journal = {Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.1093/mnras/stag1650},
eprint = {2609.00176},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://hal.science/hal-05735432v1},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Portraits of the young and old in X-ray: New millisecond pulsar detections and updated characterisation of young neutron stars
AU - Wynn C.G Ho
AU - Patrick H Wang
AU - Sebastien Guillot
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/02
JO - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
DO - 10.1093/mnras/stag1650
UR - https://hal.science/hal-05735432v1
AB - We present analyses of new and archival Chandra and NuSTAR data on two old millisecond pulsars, a young highly-energetic pulsar, and a young neutron star. PSR J1810-0623 is a recently-discovered 4.55 ms radio pulsar in a binary with a possible carbon-oxygen white dwarf companion. We tentatively detect the pulsar for the first time in X-ray using a new short Chandra HRC-I observation. Its faintness suggests a distance more in accord with the further (~1 kpc) of its dispersion measure-inferred distances. PSR J1933-6211 is a 3.54 ms radio pulsar also with a carbon-oxygen white dwarf companion. Our first-time X-ray detection in an archival HRC-S image indicates its X-ray luminosity is similar to that of the 1.9 Msun pulsar PSR J1614-2230. Next, PSR J1813-1749 is a 1-2 kyr pulsar with one of the highest known spin-down luminosities. We measure its spin period of 44.7 ms using 2025 NuSTAR and 2026 Chandra ACIS-S data and update its spin evolution model. We show for the first time the pulse profile of PSR J1813-1749 at 3-79 keV, and we find that the spectra of the pulsar and pulsar wind nebula at these energies did not change significantly between observations in 2018 and 2025. Finally, for the 5-10 kyr neutron star CXOU J182913.1-125113 in the supernova remnant G18.95-1.1, we combine ACIS-I observations from 2009 and 2024 to better measure the neutron star's spectrum.
SN - 0035-8711
SN - 1365-2966
ER -