Variability, polarimetry, and timing properties of single pulses from PSR J2222-0137 using FAST
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X. L. Miao, W. W. Zhu, M. Kramer, P. C. C. Freire, L. Shao, M. Yuan, L. Q. Meng, Z. W. Wu, C. C. Miao, Y. J. Guo
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D. J. Champion, E. Fonseca, J. M. Yao, M. Y. Xue, J. R. Niu, H. Hu, C. M. Zhang
/ Abstract
In our work, we analyse $5\times10^{4}$ single pulses from the recycled pulsar PSR J2222$-$0137 in one of its scintillation maxima observed by the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST). PSR J2222$-$0137 is one of the nearest and best studies of binary pulsars and a unique laboratory for testing gravitational theories. We report single pulses' energy distribution and polarization from the pulsar's main-pulse region. The single pulse energy follows the log-normal distribution. We resolve a steep polarization swing, but at the current time resolution ($64\,μ{\rm s}$), we find no evidence for the orthogonal jump in the main-pulse region, as has been suspected. We find a potential sub-pulse drifting period of $P_{3} \sim 3.5\,P$. We analyse the jitter noise from different integrated numbers of pulses and find that its $σ_{j}$ is $270\pm{9}\,{\rm ns}$ for 1-hr integration at 1.25 GHz. This result is useful for optimizing future timing campaigns with FAST or other radio telescopes.