How do neutron stars evolve? |
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Authors: | Wolfgang Kundt |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, CB3 OHA, Cambridge, UK
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Abstract: | A possible evolutionary history of neutron stars is delineated, ranging from star formation through supernova explosions, X-ray and pulsar stages to an eventual pulsar turnoff via spin alignment, or magnetic field decay. New is the emphasis that there should be two populations of pulsars, the slow and the fast one, according to their successive formation in a binary system. The two pulsar populations are related to two phenotypes of supernova remnants, of which Cas A and the Crab are the best known examples. |
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