Precession of Isolated Neutron Stars
Astrophysics
2016-08-30 v2
Abstract
I summarize the evidence for precession of isolated neutron stars and theoretical effort to understand the observations. I discuss factors that might set the precession period, describe constraints on the material properties of the crust, and conclude with a brief discussion of possible sources of stress that would deform a neutron star to the extent required.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0211182,
title = {Precession of Isolated Neutron Stars},
author = {Bennett Link},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0211182},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
7 pages, to appear in proceedings of "Radio Pulsars", Chania, Crete, August 2002 (ASP conference series)