On the origin of the recently discovered ultra-rapid pulsar
Abstract
The rapid rotation rate of ~1.5 ms of the newly discovered pulsar PSR 1937+21 is attributed to spin-up in a long-lived mass transfer binary. Such a history leads to a prediction of a very low period derivative ~6 x 10-19ss-1 for this pulsar. The gravitational radiation from this pulsar is expected to be negligible.
- Publication:
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Current Science
- Pub Date:
- December 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982CSci...51.1096R