Difference between revisions of "Pulsars"

Revision as of 20:01, 10 March 2007

Questions in this category have been asked by DC, PJ

• Can you get pulsed emission from a compact object?
• What are X-ray pulsars & why do we observe pulsed X-ray emission?
• What is a radio pulsar?
  • What powers it?
  • How can we measure the power radiated?

• What are typical pulsar periods?
  • What's the difference between millisecond and second pulsars?
  • Why is the period approximately constant?
  • Why does it decay?
  • Why does the B field decay?