Exploring the optical properties of redback pulsars: The case of J1717+4308A in the globular cluster M92

arXiv:2607.22289 · astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.SR · Submitted 2026-07-24 · Read on arXiv

Jianxing Chen, Greta Ettorre, Cristina Pallanca, Mario Cadelano, Bidisha Sen, Devina Misra, Emanuele Dalessandro, Francesco R. Ferraro, Barbara Lanzoni, Alessandro Ridolfi, Marta Burgay, Andrea Possenti, Paulo C. C. Freire, Scott M. Ransom, Manuel Linares, Rene P. Breton

astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.SR

Submitted: 2026-07-24

Comments: 9 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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