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WE PROPOSE A PROGRAM OF OPTICAL IMAGING AND SPECTROSCOPY TO STUDY COUNTERPARTS FOR THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST LAT UNIDENTIFIED SOURCES. THESE ARE LIKELY EXTREME (SHORT PERIOD/STRONG WIND) BINARY MILLISECOND PULSARS AND THE DATA WILL CONSTRAIN THE ORBITAL PROPERTIES ENABLING A MEANINGFUL SEARCH FOR PULSATIONS DIRECTLY IN THE LAT GAMMA-RAY DATA. WE AUGMENT THIS WITH NARROW BAND IMAGES OF HALPHA BOW SHOCKS AROUND THESE SOURCES AND KNOWN HIGH POWER LAT PULSARS. A COMBINATION OF 4M SOAR DISCOVERY OBSERVATIONS 2M LCO FOLLOW-UP QUEUE PHOTOMETRY AND 8M GMOS FOLLOW-UP QUEUE SPECTROSCOPY DELIVER ACCURATE ORBITAL PARAMETERS ENABLING LAT PULSE DISCOVERY. THE MEASUREMENTS ALSO PROBE BINARY HEATING AND SPINDOWN ENERGETICS TO CONSTRAIN THE PULSAR PHYSICS.

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