The Discovery of the First Millisecond Pulsar: Personal Recollections
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2024-10-29 v2 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Abstract
This article provides a first-hand account of the 1982 Arecibo observations that led to the discovery of PSR B1937+21, the first-known millisecond pulsar. It is a companion paper to Demorest & Goss (2024) and Readhead (2024).
Cite
@article{arxiv.2409.07540,
title = {The Discovery of the First Millisecond Pulsar: Personal Recollections},
author = {S. R. Kulkarni},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.07540},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
7 pages. Accepted by Journal of Astronomical History & Heritage