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millisecond pulsar

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millisecond pulsar [′mil·ə‚sek·ənd ′pəl·sär]
(astrophysics)


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It's also clear that, despite their differences, both normal and millisecond pulsars share similar mechanisms for emitting gamma rays," he added.
To detect a general background of such waves, astronomers would need to monitor 20 of the millisecond pulsars for five to 10 years, with the arrival time of the radio waves determined to an accuracy of 100 nanoseconds, Jenet estimates.
Scientists have witnessed a first in something like star recycling: a slow-spinning pulsar star fading fast and being transformed into a superfast millisecond pulsar with a super-long life.
 
 
 
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