Supernova SN 1987A : rotation rate of the central pulsar.
Abstract
Using available observational data on supernova SN 1987A, we derive firm quantitative lower limits on the rotation period of the central pulsar (assuming the pulsar luminosity to power the supernova light curve). We also demonstrate that pulsars born in type II supernovae are, in general, unlikely to be fast pulsars.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- April 1989
- DOI:
- 10.1093/mnras/237.4.1033
- Bibcode:
- 1989MNRAS.237.1033B
- Keywords:
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- Pulsars;
- Stellar Rotation;
- Supernova 1987a;
- Light Curve;
- Stellar Luminosity;
- Stellar Magnetic Fields;
- Stellar Mass Accretion;
- Astrophysics