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We report here the first polarimetric measurements of the pulsars in the J0737-3039 binary neutron star system using the Green Bank Telescope. We conclude both that the primary star (A) has a wide hollow cone of emission, which is an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Demorest , R. Ramachandran , D. C. Backer , S. M. Ransom , V. Kaspi , J. Arons , A. Spitkovsky

Eight pulsars have low braking indices, which challenge the magnetic dipole braking of pulsars. 222 pulsars and 15 magnetars have abnormal distribution of frequency second derivatives, which also make contradiction with classical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-03 Z. W. Ou , H. Tong , F. F. Kou , G. Q. Ding

From considerations of spin evolution and kinematics in the galactic potential, we argue that the pulsars B1913+16, B1534+12, and B2127+11C may be younger than previously assumed, and we find that a lower bound on the formation and merger…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Z. Arzoumanian , J. M. Cordes , I. Wasserman

Braking of pulsars, or the law of their spin deceleration, is a manifestation of the combination of various processes occurring in the magnetospheres of neutron stars and their internal structural dynamics. The interaction of superfluid…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-03 Erbil Gügercinoğlu

A millisecond pulsar is a neutron star that has been substantially spun up by accretion from a binary companion. A previously unrecognized factor governing the spin evolution of such pulsars is the crucial effect of non-steady or transient…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-25 Sudip Bhattacharyya , Deepto Chakrabarty

We extend our model of magnetic braking (MB), driven by an $\alpha-\Omega$ dynamo mechanism, from fully convective M-dwarfs (FCMDs) to explain the surface and internal spin $P_\mathrm{spin}$ evolution of partly convective dwarfs (PCDs)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-11 Arnab Sarkar , Patrick Eggenberger , Lev Yungelson , Christopher A. Tout

Millisecond pulsars are old, fast spinning neutron stars thought to have evolved from classical pulsars in binary systems, where the rapid rotation is caused by the accretion of matter and angular momentum from their companion. During this…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-11 Marilyn Cruces , Andreas Reisenegger , Thomas M. Tauris

The speeds of young isolated pulsars are generally inferred from their observed 2-d velocities on the plane of the sky under the assumption that the unobserved radial velocity is not special, i.e., that the measured 2-d velocity is an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-06 Ilya Mandel , Andrei P. Igoshev

Current models of magnetars require extremely strong magnetic fields to explain their observed quiescent and bursting emission, implying that the field strength within the star's outer crust is orders of magnitude larger than the dipole…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-07 Konstantinos N. Gourgouliatos , Toby Wood , Rainer Hollerbach

We present a model for the spindown of young radio pulsars in which the neutron star loses rotational energy not only by emitting magnetic dipole radiation but also by torquing a surrounding accretion disk produced by supernova fallback.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Kristen Menou , Rosalba Perna , Lars Hernquist

To understand how planetary spin evolves and traces planet formation processes, we measure rotational line broadening in eight planetary-mass objects (PMOs) of various ages (1--800 Myr) using near-infrared high-resolution spectra from…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-16 Marta L. Bryan , Sivan Ginzburg , Eugene Chiang , Caroline Morley , Brendan P. Bowler , Jerry W. Xuan , Heather A. Knutson

We present strong observational evidence for a relationship between the direction of a pulsar's motion and its rotation axis. We show carefully calibrated polarization data for 25 pulsars, 20 of which display linearly polarized emission…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Simon Johnston , G. Hobbs , S. Vigeland , M. Kramer , J. M. Weisberg , A. G. Lyne

We model the evolution of the spin frequency's second derivative $\ddot\nu$ and the braking index $n$ of radio pulsars with simulations within the phenomenological model of their surface magnetic field evolution, which contains a long-term…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-23 Yi Xie , Shuang-Nan Zhang , Jin-Yuan Liao

The observed timing data, magnetic tilt angle $\chi$, and age of young pulsars could be used to probe some important issues about neutron star (NS) physics, e.g., the NS internal magnetic field configuration, and the number of precession…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-01 Yu-Long Yan , Quan Cheng , Xiao-Ping Zheng

We report on the subpulse modulation properties of 1198 pulsars using the Thousand-Pulsar-Array programme on MeerKAT. About 35% of the analysed pulsars exhibit drifting subpulses which are more pronounced towards the deathline, consistent…

The rotational period of isolated pulsars increases over time due to the extraction of angular momentum by electromagnetic torques. These torques also change the obliquity angle $\alpha$ between the magnetic and rotational axes. Although…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Alexander Philippov , Alexander Tchekhovskoy , Jason G. Li

The richness of dynamical behavior exhibited by the rotational states of various solar system objects has driven significant advances in the theoretical understanding of their evolutionary histories. An important factor that determines…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-16 Konstantin Batygin , Alessandro Morbidelli

Rotation is a key parameter in the evolution of stars. From 1 Myr (the age of the ONC) to 4.5 Gyr (the age of the Sun), solar-like stars lose about 1-2 orders of specific angular momentum. The main agents for this rotational braking are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Alexander Scholz

We demonstrate that stability of r-modes in young rapidly rotating pulsars might be explained if one takes into account strong medium modifications of the nucleon-nucleon interaction because of the softening of pionic degrees of freedom in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 E. E. Kolomeitsev , D. N. Voskresensky

We study the evolution of the rotation rate of a proto-neutron star, born in a core-collapse supernova, in the first seconds of its life. During this phase, the star evolution can be described as a sequence of stationary configurations,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-07-20 G. Camelio , L. Gualtieri , J. A. Pons , V. Ferrari