Neutron Stars
Guiding Questions
Scientists first proposed the existence of neutron stars in the 1930s
The discovery of pulsars in the 1960s stimulated interest in neutron stars
Pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars with intense magnetic fields
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Superfluidity and superconductivity are among the strange properties of neutron stars
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Pulsars gradually slow down as they radiate energy into space
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The fastest pulsars were probably created by mass transfer in close binary systems
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Pulsating X-ray sources are also neutron stars in close binary systems
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Explosive thermonuclear processes on white dwarfs and neutron stars produce novae and bursters
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Like a white dwarf, a neutron star has an upper limit on its mass
Key Words
Author: Michael Cohen
E-mail: mrcohe@ship.edu
Homepage: http://physics.ship.edu/~mrc/