X-ray pulsars or accretion-powered pulsars are a class of astronomical objects that are X-ray sources displaying strict periodic variations in X-ray intensity...
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X-ray pulsars (AXPs) are an observational manifestation of magnetars—young, isolated, highly magnetized neutron stars. These energetic X-ray pulsars are...
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pulsar. Pulsars are one of the candidates for the source of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (see also centrifugal mechanism of acceleration). Pulsars’...
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exception of the pulsar itself. The pulsar provides a strong periodic signal that is used to check the timing of the X-ray detectors. In X-ray astronomy, "crab"...
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millimetre, X-ray and gamma ray sources. Pulsar wind nebulae evolve through various phases. New pulsar wind nebulae appear soon after a pulsar's creation...
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millisecond X-ray pulsars (AMXPs) Intermediate-mass X-ray binaries (IMXBs) Ultracompact X-ray binaries (UCXBs) High-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs) Be/X-ray binaries...
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Centaurus X-3 (4U 1118–60) is an X-ray pulsar with a period of 4.84 seconds. It was the first X-ray pulsar to be discovered, and the third X-ray source to...
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X-ray pulsar-based navigation and timing (XNAV) or simply pulsar navigation is a navigation technique whereby the periodic X-ray signals emitted from pulsars...
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accretion-powered pulsars, as of 1997. Lists of astronomical objects "Strongest magnetic field in universe directly detected by X-ray space observatory"...
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The Vela Pulsar (PSR J0835-4510 or PSR B0833-45) is a radio, optical, X-ray- and gamma-emitting pulsar associated with the Vela Supernova Remnant in the...
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Neutron star (section X-ray binaries)
X-rays. During this process, matter is deposited on the surface of the stars, forming "hotspots" that can be sporadically identified as X-ray pulsar systems...
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millisecond pulsar (MSP) is a pulsar with a rotational period less than about 10 milliseconds. Millisecond pulsars have been detected in radio, X-ray, and gamma...
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Geminga (category Pulsars)
Geminga /ɡəˈmɪŋɡə/ is a gamma ray and x-ray pulsar source thought to be a neutron star approximately 250 parsecs (around 800 light-years) from the Sun...
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List of neutron stars (category Pulsars)
neutron stars, as well as pulsars such as radio pulsars, recycled pulsars, low mass X-ray pulsars, and accretion-powered pulsars. A notable grouping of neutron...
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Large Magellanic Cloud (section X-ray sources)
such abundance in the lower remnant belies a Type II supernova. A 16 ms X-ray pulsar is associated with SNR 0538-69.1. SNR 0540-697 was resolved using ROSAT...
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1038/s41550-022-01874-x. ISSN 2397-3366. PMC 10119022. PMID 37096051. S2CID 256274563. "Gamma-ray eclipses shed new light on spider pulsars". www.aei.mpg.de...
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M82 X-2 is an X-ray pulsar located in the galaxy Messier 82, approximately 12 million light-years from Earth. It is exceptionally luminous, radiating energy...
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The Bursting Pulsar (GRO J1744-28) is a low-mass x-ray binary with a period of 11.8 days. It was discovered in December 1995 by the Burst and Transient...
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1E 1048-59 (category Anomalous X-ray pulsars)
AXP 1E 1048.1-5937 was the first anomalous X-ray pulsar ever observed to emit an SGR-like X-ray burst. It is also the closest magnetar to Earth located...
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S.; Chernyakova, M. (June 2012). "Strong outburst activity of the X-ray pulsar X Persei during 2001–2011". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical...
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hypothesis became widely accepted, and was extended to explain anomalous X-ray pulsars (AXPs). As of July 2021[update], 24 magnetars have been confirmed. It...
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PSR B1509−58 (category Pulsar wind nebulae)
B1509−58 is a pulsar approximately at a distance of 17,000 light-years in the constellation of Circinus discovered by the Einstein X-Ray Observatory in...
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neutron star is about 283 seconds, and gives rise to strong X-ray pulsations. The mass of the pulsar is estimated to be 2.12±0.16 solar masses. Long term monitoring...
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architecture developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) Anomalous X-ray pulsar American Express, whose NYSE ticker symbol is "AXP" Alexandra Parade...
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spectrum X-ray pulsar, a class of astronomical objects that are X-ray sources displaying strict periodic variations in X-ray intensity X-ray astronomy...
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SAX J1808.4−3658 (category Accreting millisecond pulsars)
first accreting millisecond pulsar discovered in 1998 by the Italian-Dutch BeppoSAX satellite, SAX J1808.4−3658 revealed X-ray pulsations at the 401 Hz neutron...
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particularly X-rays and gamma rays. Most detected neutron stars are pulsars, and emit radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation. About 700 radio pulsars are listed...
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PSR J0952–0607 (category X-ray binaries)
the pulsar's intense high-energy solar winds and gamma-ray emissions. The pulsar's high-energy emissions have been detected in gamma-ray and X-ray wavelengths...
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years. The accreting neutron star in this system is an ultraluminous X-ray Pulsar (ULXP) making it the second closest ULXP and the first ULXP in our neighbouring...
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X-ray astronomy is an observational branch of astronomy which deals with the study of X-ray observation and detection from astronomical objects. X-radiation...
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