Questions tagged [pulsar]
Questions regarding neutron stars which emit regular pulses of electromagnetic radiation.
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How is angular momentum transferred between a neutron star and its accretion disk?
Accreting neutron stars can either gain or loose angular momentum via interaction with their accretion disks. This leads to either spin-up or spin-down. Which of the two is the case, depends on the ...
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I was finding the period of crab pulsar using efsearch(xronos)
I was finding the period of crab pulsar(one orbit data from ASTROSAT/laxpc) using efsearch (heasarc/xronos). Despite considering period = 33ms, I am not getting sharp peaks at higher Resolution for ...
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Did a watch company really try to sue radio astronomers for using the word "pulsar"? If so, which astronomers?
After about 48:37 in the really wonderful video Jocelyn Bell Burnell Special Public Lecture: The Discovery of Pulsars (linked below) Dr. Bell Burnell describes the ...
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What is the "radiation sound speed" inside an accretion column?
I was trying to read "A New Two-fluid Radiation-hydrodynamical Model for X-Ray Pulsar Accretion Columns" and its follow-up paper both by West et al. and came across a quantity called "radiation sound ...
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Convert pulsar data to sound
I have a filterbank data (say name.fil) which I have dedispersed and stored into name.dat file using PRESTO. May I ask for detailed steps and explanation on how to convert that data to sound?
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Can we determine where the north and south magnetic poles are on stars and black holes?
The question is related to this about Are there collected data about the direction of rotation of black holes and the direction of the magnetic field?. Perhaps it is observable for pulsars?
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What are the typical density and temperatures in Pulsar Wind Nebulae?
What are the typical density and temperatures in Pulsar Wind Nebulae? Also, how do we typically observe/estimate these values?
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Pulsar signal periodicity detection algorithms?
I am currently working on pulsar signal periodicity detection. Most of the algorithm or paper which i read they use FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) and FFA (Fast Folding Algorithm ). Do we have any other ...
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What is superradiance?
What is superradiance? I came across this term recently (used widely to explain fast radio bursts). After googling a bit, what I understand is: When several atoms are confined in a very small area and ...
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How much would you weigh at the equator of the fastest spinning pulsar?
Assuming you have a mass of 70 kg, what would your weight be on the equator of PSR J1748−2446ad?
