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The spin-period/<br>spin-down rate diagram for pulsars
The spin-period/ spin-down rate diagram for pulsars
Date: 14 October 2010 Satellite: XMM-Newton Copyright: From N. Rea et al., (2010) Show in archive: true
Pulsars are spinning neutron stars that appear as pulsating sources because beams of electromagnetic radiation stream out above their magnetic poles, which are not always aligned with the star's axis of rotation.