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http://dx.doi.org/10.5140/JASS.2014.31.2.101

Spider Invasion Across the Galaxy  

Hui, Chung-Yue (Department of Astronomy and Space Science, Chungnam National University)
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Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences / v.31, no.2, 2014 , pp. 101-120 More about this Journal
Abstract
The nature of the exotic stellar corpses which reincarnate by consuming their companion is reviewed. Apart from sucking life from their partners, they are actually eating the doomed companions away by their deadly and powerful particle/radiation beams. Such situation resembles that a female "black widow" spider that eats its mate after mating. These celestial zombies are called - Millisecond pulsars (MSPs). In this review article, I will focus on the effort of Fermi Asian Network (FAN) in exploring these intricating objects over the last five years. Two special classes of MSPs are particularly striking. Since Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has started surveying the gamma-ray sky, the population of "black widows" has been boosted. Another dramatic class is so-called "redbacks" (Australian cousin of "black widows") which has just emerged in the last few years. These MSPs provide us with a long-sought missing link in understanding the transition between accretion-powered and rotation-powered systems. The strategy of hunting MSPs through mulitwavelength observations of the unidentified Fermi objects is also reviewed.
Keywords
gamma-rays; pulsars; X-rays; binaries;
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