On the origin of pulsar velocities

Details On the origin of pulsar velocities On the origin of pulsar velocities

Jun 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983natur.303..597a&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 303, June 16, 1983, p. 597-599.

Physics

73

Pulsars, Stellar Motions, Stellar Rotation, Magnetic Dipoles, Moments Of Inertia, Stellar Evolution, Velocity Distribution

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The velocities of 26 pulsars have been inferred from proper motions measured by a long baseline radio interferometer, and it is noted that these velocities are closely correlated with either the magnetic dipole moments or the moments of inertia of the pulsars derived from a slowdown of their rotation rates. No relation has been found between proper motion directions and pulsar spin axes. Attention is given to explanations of the correlations with velocity, and it is suggested that an asymmetry at the time of neutron star formation is responsible for this effect.

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