Rebecca Kyer (they/them)
@astrobonk.bsky.social
astro phd candidate | binary millisecond pulsars | michigan state university
When tMSPs do not host an accretion disk, they are indistinguishable from other "spider" millisecond pulsar binaries. I contributed to another science case in this AXIS white paper that is all about how the proposed probe could enhance our understanding of those systems too.
November 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
When tMSPs do not host an accretion disk, they are indistinguishable from other "spider" millisecond pulsar binaries. I contributed to another science case in this AXIS white paper that is all about how the proposed probe could enhance our understanding of those systems too.
We simulated the light curve that AXIS would detect for a moding tMSP at the flux level of 4FGL J0639.1-8009, a candidate tMSP that I published in my first PhD paper. This source was observed by XMM-Newton and was too faint to bin finely enough to see these modes. AXIS would totally detect moding!
November 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We simulated the light curve that AXIS would detect for a moding tMSP at the flux level of 4FGL J0639.1-8009, a candidate tMSP that I published in my first PhD paper. This source was observed by XMM-Newton and was too faint to bin finely enough to see these modes. AXIS would totally detect moding!
survived and thrived
June 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
survived and thrived