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There and back again: Mysterious optical pulse profile behavior of the transitional millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038

S.V. Karpov , Artyom S. Tanashkin , G.M. Beskin , V.L. Plokhotnichenko , Y.A. Shibanov , D.A. Zyuzin This is my paper

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keywords transitional millisecond pulsarPSR J1023+0038optical pulsationspulse profile variabilitypulsar windflaring activityaccretion state
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The optical pulse profile of PSR J1023+0038 briefly switched to single-peaked sinusoidal shape with pulsed fraction rising to 5 percent.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper reports a temporary change observed in high-time-resolution optical photometry of the transitional millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038. The usual double-peaked pulse profile with pulsed fraction below 1 percent shifted within seconds to a single-peaked nearly sinusoidal form reaching about 5 percent pulsed fraction. This new state persisted for roughly 220 seconds together with flaring activity before the profile returned to its prior shape. A sympathetic reader cares because the event shows that the optical emission mechanism tied to the pulsar wind is capable of rapid, reversible alterations rather than remaining fixed.

Core claim

On a timescale of a few seconds the pulse profile took a single-peaked, nearly sinusoidal shape, with synchronous magnification of the pulsed fraction up to about 5 percent. After spending about 220 seconds in this new regime, accompanied by flaring activity, the system returned to its normal state.

What carries the argument

Re-emission of pulsar wind energy by charged particles in the surrounding medium, whose configuration or conditions temporarily produced the altered single-peaked profile instead of the usual double-peaked one.

If this is right

  • The optical pulse profile of PSR J1023+0038 is not permanently fixed in its double-peaked form.
  • Pulsed fraction can rise by a factor of several during brief episodes linked to flaring.
  • Geometry or conditions of the pulsar wind interaction with surrounding matter can change on timescales of seconds.
  • The emission process allows for rapid transitions between different profile shapes before reverting.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Similar transient profile switches may occur in other transitional millisecond pulsars and could be uncovered by targeted high-cadence monitoring.
  • The event might trace brief changes in accretion flow or wind confinement that could also appear in simultaneous X-ray or radio data.
  • If repeatable, these episodes offer a way to map the spatial distribution of re-emitting particles around the pulsar.

Load-bearing premise

The reported pulse-profile change and pulsed-fraction increase must be intrinsic properties of the source emission rather than arising from instrumental effects, atmospheric variations, or data-processing choices.

What would settle it

Further high-time-resolution optical observations of PSR J1023+0038 during similar flaring episodes that detect no single-peaked profiles or pulsed-fraction increases up to 5 percent would indicate the reported event was not a repeatable intrinsic behavior.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.22136 by Artyom S. Tanashkin, D.A. Zyuzin, G.M. Beskin, S.V. Karpov, V.L. Plokhotnichenko, Y.A. Shibanov.

Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Top: Typical double-peaked pulse profiles obtained by phase folding together the Nov 14 and Nov 15 light curves and excluding the single-peaked interval. The red and blue channels are shown on the left and right, respectively. Bottom: Averaged single-peaked pulse profiles of the 220-second-long interval. Corresponding pulsed fractions parea and prms are shown in each panel. taking into account the first tw… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Segment of the light curve in the red (top) and blue (bottom) channels containing the interval with single-peaked pulsations (shown with a hatched stripe). Flaring activity around the interval is readily seen. The time resolution is 1 s. Zero time corresponds to 15 Nov 2017 02:37:29 UT. To characterize the strength of the pulsing component, we calculated the background-corrected pulsed fractions in the ob￾… view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Same as [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_5.png] view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: Top to bottom: Pulse profiles (red and blue channels combined) at different integration times (indicated in the legends) from the onset of the single-peaked interval. Corresponding background-corrected pulsed fractions and significance levels are given in each panel. state, we find α = 1.64 ± 0.52 for spectrum 1, α = 1.52 ± 0.52 for spectrum 2, and α = 1.38 ± 0.52 for spectrum 3. These val￾ues are in a fai… view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Top: Pulse profile (red and blue channels combined) integrated over both nights with exclusion of the single-peaked interval. “D1” and “D2” labels denote the higher and the lower peaks of the double-peaked profile. Bottom: Average pulse profile of the 220-second-long single￾peaked interval. The peak is referred as “S1”. Two phase cycles are plotted for clarity. 4.2. Transparency conditions Some information… view at source ↗
read the original abstract

Neutron stars in close binary systems have the potential to spin up to millisecond periods due to the accretion of matter and angular momentum from their low-mass companions. In later stages of this process, they sometimes start to swing between the accretion-powered and rotation-powered regimes, manifesting themselves as low-mass X-ray binaries and millisecond radio pulsars, respectively. Such systems are known as transitional millisecond pulsars. PSR J1023+0038 was the first one of this kind to be discovered and the first to show optical pulsations at the rotation frequency of the neutron star during a peculiar low accretion state. The optical pulse profile is characterized by a smooth double-peaked shape resembling thermal light curves of X-ray pulsars, but more likely emerging from re-emission of the pulsar wind energy by charged particles in the surrounding medium. Although the amplitudes of the peaks show strong variability, the overall structure of the pulse profile was observed to be fixed, with the optical pulsed fraction less than 1 percent. Here, we report time-resolved observation of a dramatic violation of this permanence during our high temporal resolution observations of PSR J1023+0038 with the 6-m BTA telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory. On a timescale of a few seconds the pulse profile took a single-peaked, nearly sinusoidal shape, with synchronous magnification of the pulsed fraction up to about 5 percent. After spending about 220 seconds in this new regime, accompanied by flaring activity, the system returned to its normal state. We discuss a number of possible explanations of this peculiar behavior in the context of the physics and geometry of interactions between the pulsar wind and surrounding matter. However, a complete picture is yet to be revealed.

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Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The paper reports a high-time-resolution optical observation of the transitional millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038 with the 6-m BTA telescope. It claims that the normally double-peaked pulse profile with pulsed fraction <1% temporarily switched to a single-peaked, nearly sinusoidal shape with the pulsed fraction rising to ~5% for ~220 seconds, accompanied by flaring activity, before returning to the normal state. Possible explanations involving pulsar wind interactions with surrounding matter are discussed.

Significance. If the reported transient profile change is confirmed to be intrinsic, the result would be significant for models of optical re-emission in transitional MSPs, as it demonstrates that the previously stable double-peaked structure can be disrupted on short timescales. This adds a new observational constraint on the geometry and variability of pulsar wind interactions in the low-accretion state.

major comments (2)
  1. [Observation and data reduction description] The central claim that the profile change and pulsed-fraction increase are astrophysical rests on a single observation, yet the manuscript provides no quantitative description of the folding procedure, background model, error analysis, or statistical significance of the change (e.g., no error bars on the pulsed fraction or null tests with comparison stars). This leaves open the possibility of instrumental or atmospheric systematics in the BTA photometry.
  2. [Results section] No details are given on exclusion criteria, seeing variations, airmass effects, or simulated signal injections to test whether the apparent single-peaked shape and 5% pulsed fraction could arise from post-processing choices when the signal is normally weak.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] The abstract contains a minor grammatical issue: 'time-resolved observation' should read 'time-resolved observations'.
  2. Adding a figure with the folded profiles before, during, and after the event, including uncertainties, would improve clarity of the claimed change.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful and constructive review of our manuscript. The comments highlight important aspects of the data analysis that require clarification and expansion. We address each major comment below and will revise the manuscript to incorporate additional details on the observational procedures and robustness checks.

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  1. Referee: [Observation and data reduction description] The central claim that the profile change and pulsed-fraction increase are astrophysical rests on a single observation, yet the manuscript provides no quantitative description of the folding procedure, background model, error analysis, or statistical significance of the change (e.g., no error bars on the pulsed fraction or null tests with comparison stars). This leaves open the possibility of instrumental or atmospheric systematics in the BTA photometry.

    Authors: We acknowledge that the original manuscript provided only a concise description of the data reduction to focus on the scientific implications. In the revised version, we will add a dedicated subsection detailing the folding procedure (including the ephemeris used and phase binning), the background subtraction model, the error estimation method, and quantitative statistical significance tests for the profile change. Error bars will be included on the pulsed fraction values, and we will present results from comparison stars to demonstrate that the single-peaked profile and increased amplitude are not attributable to instrumental or atmospheric systematics. We will also explicitly note the limitation of relying on a single such event. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Results section] No details are given on exclusion criteria, seeing variations, airmass effects, or simulated signal injections to test whether the apparent single-peaked shape and 5% pulsed fraction could arise from post-processing choices when the signal is normally weak.

    Authors: We agree that these elements are essential for establishing the robustness of the result. The revised manuscript will include a description of the data exclusion criteria applied, monitoring and correction for seeing variations and airmass effects during the observation, and the outcomes of simulated signal injection tests. These injections will be used to verify that the transition to a single-peaked, higher-amplitude profile cannot be reproduced by post-processing artifacts when starting from the typical weak double-peaked signal. This will strengthen the case that the observed behavior is astrophysical. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: pure observational report with no derivation or model fitting.

full rationale

The paper presents a direct description of an observed change in the optical pulse profile of PSR J1023+0038 from high-time-resolution photometry on the BTA telescope. No equations, model fitting, parameter estimation, or first-principles derivation are claimed or performed; the central result is the reported single-peaked profile and pulsed-fraction increase over ~220 s, presented as an empirical finding against external telescope data. The abstract and described content contain no self-referential steps, fitted inputs renamed as predictions, or load-bearing self-citations that reduce the claim to its own inputs. This is a standard observational report whose validity rests on data reduction details and null tests (not provided here), not on any circular logical chain.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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The claim rests on standard domain assumptions of optical photometry and pulsar timing; no free parameters, new entities, or ad-hoc axioms are introduced in the abstract.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Standard assumptions in optical photometry and pulsar timing analysis hold.
    The observation relies on correct calibration, timing, and background subtraction of the telescope data.

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