Table 1 Timing parameters for M71E

From: A binary pulsar in a 53-minute orbit

Pulsar name

M71E/J1953+1844

MJD range

59293-59781

Data span (days)

488

Number of times of arrival

635

Timing residuals root mean square (r.m.s.) (μs)

35.138

Measured quantities

Right ascension, RA (J2000)

19:53:37.9464(1)

Declination, dec. (J2000)

+18:44:54.310(2)

Spin frequency (Hz)

225.01840471114(7)

Spin frequency derivative (s−2)

−1.11(1) × 10−15

Orbital period, Pb (days)

0.0370398638(5)

Time of ascending node, TASC (MJD)

58829.26006(1)

Projected semimajor axis, χp (lt-s)

0.006668(2)

\(\widehat{x}\) component of the eccentricity, κ

0.0003(6)

\(\widehat{y}\) component of the eccentricity, η

0.0005(6)

Set quantities

Reference epoch (MJD)

59474.630459

Dispersion measure (cm−3 pc)

113.1

Solar System ephemeris

DE440

Binary model

ELL1

  1. The ELL1 binary timing model33 was chosen as the eccentricity of the orbit turns out to be small. The mass function obtained from the timing solution is 2.3 × 10−7M.