A New Class of Pulsars

MAR 01, 1990

Binary pulsars, pulsars with millisecond periods and pulsars in globular clusters are distinguished by their evolutionary histories, and are providing tools for fundamental tests of physics.

DOI: 10.1063/1.881227

Donald C. Backer

Shrinivas R. Kulkarni

In 1939, seven years after the discovery of the neutron, nuclear physicists constructed the first models of a “neutron star.” Stable results were found with masses comparable to the Sun’s and radii of about 10 km.

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More about the Authors

Donald C. Backer. University of California, Berkeley.

Shrinivas R. Kulkarni. California Institute of Technology.