Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Feb 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989mercu..18...12h&link_type=abstract
Mercury (ISSN 0047-6773), vol. 18, Jan.-Feb. 1989, p. 12-15.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Astronomical Models, Pulsars, Radio Sources (Astronomy), Binary Stars, Space-Time Functions, Stellar Magnetic Fields, Stellar Rotation, Superfluidity
Scientific paper
The current status of knowledge on pulsars is surveyed, with an emphasis on recent observations and theoretical models. The first discovery of a pulsar (PSR 1919 + 21) in November 1967 is recalled; the characteristics of the over 400 pulsars discovered since then are summarized; the generally accepted neutron-star model of pulsars is explained and illustrated with a diagram; and the models proposed to account for the generation of well-beamed radio waves are discussed. Also considered are: (1) the use of pulsars in observational tests of the theory of general relativity, (2) pulsar observations as probes of interstellar gas, and (3) the possibility that a young pulsar may appear in SN 1987A.
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