The Radius of PSR J0740+6620 from NICER and XMM-Newton Data

M. C. Miller; F. K. Lamb; A. J. Dittmann; S. Bogdanov; Z. Arzoumanian; K. C. Gendreau; S. Guillot; W. C.G. Ho; J. M. Lattimer; M. Loewenstein; S. M. Morsink; P. S. Ray; M. T. Wolff; C. L. Baker; T. Cazeau; S. Manthripragada; C. B. Markwardt; T. Okajima; S. Pollard; I. Cognard; H. T. Cromartie; E. Fonseca; L. Guillemot; M. Kerr; A. Parthasarathy; T. T. Pennucci; S. Ransom; I. Stairs

doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ac089b

The Radius of PSR J0740+6620 from NICER and XMM-Newton Data

M. C. Miller
, F. K. Lamb
, A. J. Dittmann
, S. Bogdanov
, Z. Arzoumanian
, K. C. Gendreau
, S. Guillot
, W. C.G. Ho
, J. M. Lattimer
, M. Loewenstein
, S. M. Morsink
, P. S. Ray
, M. T. Wolff
, C. L. Baker
, T. Cazeau
, S. Manthripragada
, C. B. Markwardt
, T. Okajima
, S. Pollard
, I. Cognard

H. T. Cromartie, E. Fonseca, L. Guillemot, M. Kerr, A. Parthasarathy, T. T. Pennucci, S. Ransom, I. Stairs

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PSR J0740+6620 has a gravitational mass of 2.08 ± 0.07 M o˙, which is the highest reliably determined mass of any neutron star. As a result, a measurement of its radius will provide unique insight into the properties of neutron star core matter at high densities. Here we report a radius measurement based on fits of rotating hot spot patterns to Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) and X-ray Multi-Mirror (XMM-Newton) X-ray observations. We find that the equatorial circumferential radius of PSR J0740+6620 is 13.7-1.5+2.6 km (68%). We apply our measurement, combined with the previous NICER mass and radius measurement of PSR J0030+0451, the masses of two other ∼2 M o˙ pulsars, and the tidal deformability constraints from two gravitational wave events, to three different frameworks for equation-of-state modeling, and find consistent results at ∼1.5-5 times nuclear saturation density. For a given framework, when all measurements are included, the radius of a 1.4 M o˙ neutron star is known to ±4% (68% credibility) and the radius of a 2.08 M o˙ neutron star is known to ±5%. The full radius range that spans the ±1σ credible intervals of all the radius estimates in the three frameworks is 12.45 ± 0.65 km for a 1.4 M o˙ neutron star and 12.35 ± 0.75 km for a 2.08 M o˙ neutron star.

Original language	English
Article number	L28
Journal	Astrophysical Journal Letters
Volume	918
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac089b
State	Published - Sep 10 2021

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Miller, M. C., Lamb, F. K., Dittmann, A. J., Bogdanov, S., Arzoumanian, Z., Gendreau, K. C., Guillot, S., Ho, W. C. G., Lattimer, J. M., Loewenstein, M., Morsink, S. M., Ray, P. S., Wolff, M. T., Baker, C. L., Cazeau, T., Manthripragada, S., Markwardt, C. B., Okajima, T., Pollard, S., ... Stairs, I. (2021). The Radius of PSR J0740+6620 from NICER and XMM-Newton Data. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 918(2), Article L28. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac089b

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