A Massive Pulsar in a Compact Relativistic Binary

John Antoniadis; Paulo C. C. Freire; Norbert Wex; Thomas M. Tauris; Ryan S. Lynch; Marten H. van Kerkwijk; Michael Kramer; Cees Bassa; Vik S. Dhillon; Thomas Driebe; Jason W. T. Hessels; Victoria M. Kaspi; Vladislav I. Kondratiev; Norbert Langer; Thomas R. Marsh; Maura A. McLaughlin; Timothy T. Pennucci; Scott M. Ransom; Ingrid H. Stairs; Joeri van Leeuwen; Joris P. W. Verbiest; David G. Whelan

doi:10.1126/science.1233232

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A Massive Pulsar in a Compact Relativistic Binary

John Antoniadis¹,*,
Paulo C. C. Freire¹,
Norbert Wex¹,
Thomas M. Tauris²,¹,
Ryan S. Lynch³,
Marten H. van Kerkwijk⁴,
Michael Kramer¹,⁵,
Cees Bassa⁵,
Vik S. Dhillon⁶,
Thomas Driebe⁷,
Jason W. T. Hessels⁸,⁹,
Victoria M. Kaspi³,
Vladislav I. Kondratiev⁸,¹⁰,
Norbert Langer²,
Thomas R. Marsh¹¹,
Maura A. McLaughlin¹²,
Timothy T. Pennucci¹³,
Scott M. Ransom¹⁴,
Ingrid H. Stairs¹⁵,
Joeri van Leeuwen⁸,⁹,
Joris P. W. Verbiest¹,
David G. Whelan¹³

¹Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany.
²Argelander Institut für Astronomie, Auf dem Hügel 71, 53121 Bonn, Germany.
³Department of Physics, McGill University, 3600 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada.
⁴Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto, 50 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, Canada.
⁵Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, The University of Manchester, Alan Turing Building, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
⁶Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, UK.
⁷Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Raumfahrtmanagement, Königswinterer Str. 522-524, 53227 Bonn, Germany.
⁸ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, Netherlands.
⁹Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands.
¹⁰Astro Space Center of the Lebedev Physical Institute, Profsoyuznaya str. 84/32, Moscow 117997, Russia.
¹¹Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
¹²Department of Physics, West Virginia University, 111 White Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.
¹³Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia, Post Office Box 400325, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA.
¹⁴National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.
¹⁵Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.

↵*Corresponding author. E-mail: jantoniadis{at}mpifr-bonn.mpg.de

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Science 26 Apr 2013:
Vol. 340, Issue 6131, 1233232
DOI: 10.1126/science.1233232

John Antoniadis

1Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany.

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For correspondence: jantoniadis@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de

Paulo C. C. Freire

1Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany.

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Norbert Wex

1Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany.

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Thomas M. Tauris

2Argelander Institut für Astronomie, Auf dem Hügel 71, 53121 Bonn, Germany.

1Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany.

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Ryan S. Lynch

3Department of Physics, McGill University, 3600 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada.

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Marten H. van Kerkwijk

4Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto, 50 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, Canada.

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Michael Kramer

1Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany.

5Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, The University of Manchester, Alan Turing Building, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.

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Cees Bassa

5Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, The University of Manchester, Alan Turing Building, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.

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Vik S. Dhillon

6Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, UK.

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Thomas Driebe

7Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Raumfahrtmanagement, Königswinterer Str. 522-524, 53227 Bonn, Germany.

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Jason W. T. Hessels

8ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, Netherlands.

9Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Victoria M. Kaspi

3Department of Physics, McGill University, 3600 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada.

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Vladislav I. Kondratiev

8ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, Netherlands.

10Astro Space Center of the Lebedev Physical Institute, Profsoyuznaya str. 84/32, Moscow 117997, Russia.

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Norbert Langer

2Argelander Institut für Astronomie, Auf dem Hügel 71, 53121 Bonn, Germany.

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Thomas R. Marsh

11Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.

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Maura A. McLaughlin

12Department of Physics, West Virginia University, 111 White Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.

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Timothy T. Pennucci

13Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia, Post Office Box 400325, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA.

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Scott M. Ransom

14National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.

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Ingrid H. Stairs

15Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.

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Joeri van Leeuwen

8ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Postbus 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, Netherlands.

9Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Joris P. W. Verbiest

1Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany.

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David G. Whelan

13Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia, Post Office Box 400325, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA.

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