Pulsar evolution

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Apr 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986azh....63..265g&link_type=abstract

(Astronomicheskii Zhurnal, vol. 63, Mar.-Apr. 1986, p. 265-273) Soviet Astronomy (ISSN 0038-5301), vol. 30, Mar.-Apr. 1986, p. 1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Pulsars, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Rotation, Axes Of Rotation, Magnetic Dipoles

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Most pulsars lose rotation energy by emitting magnetic dipole radiation, with the field component normal to the neutron star spin axis weakening on a time scale of order 10 Myr. Pulsar evolutionary tracks in the (spin period, spindown) plane are discussed. The evolution span is 5-10 Myr for most observed pulsars, ranging from 10-100 Myr. A pulsar will turn off and its evolution will end not simply because the pulses carry a weaker radio flux but because pulse nulling has lowered the luminosity.

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