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A binary pulsar in a 53-minute orbit
Spider pulsars are neutron stars that have a companion star in a close orbit. The companion star sheds material to the neutron star, spinning it up to millisecond rotation periods, while the orbit shortens to hours. The companion is eventually ablated and destroyed by the pulsar wind and radiation(1...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10468392/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37339734 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06308-w |