Miscellanea
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Neutron Stars, Pulsars, Supernova Remnants and other Compact Objects related sites:
Astronomy related:
News...:
- "Millisecond Pulsar Ages: implications of Binary Evolution & a Maximum Spin Frequency ", Kiziltan & Thorsett, 2009, [...Details...]
- "New technique improves estimates of pulsar ages "...
- Press coverage: UCSC press release, Science News, Astronomy Now, Universe Today, Space Daily, Astronomy Magazine, Space Info, Physics Today...
- "Do all millisecond pulsars share a common heritage? ", Kiziltan & Thorsett, 2009, arXiv, [...Details...]
... Astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed a new technique to determine the ages of millisecond pulsars, the fastest-spinning stars in the universe...
- "Constraints on Pulsar Evolution: The Joint Period-Spindown Distribution of Millisecond Pulsars", Kiziltan & Thorsett, 2009, ADS, [...Detail...]
- "Suprising Trove of Gamma-Ray Pulsars", an article in the Sky & Telescope magazine:
- U. of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics ranked 1st in the US., arXiv, [...Details...]
...Bülent Kiziltan and Steve Thorsett (University of California, Santa Cruz) showed that different millisecond pulsars must form by at least two distinct processes. But the nature of the second process remains a mystery... [...Details...]
