Joint Mass-Radius and Magnetic-Geometry Inference of PSR J0740+6620

arXiv:2609.37928 · astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.SR, gr-qc, nucl-th · Submitted 2026-09-29 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.SR, gr-qc, nucl-th

Submitted: 2026-09-29

Updated: 2026-09-29

Terminology

• Alignment — 7× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 6× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Bayesian Inference — 2× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Degeneracy — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Trace — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Failure Modes — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Fidelity — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• UltraNest -- a robust, general purpose Bayesian inference engine
• Multipolar Magnetic-Field Inference for PSR J0740+6620 with Neural-Network-Accelerated NICER Pulse-Profile Modeling

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