X-ray Pulsar
Schematic of an X-ray pulsar showing the misalignment between the spin axis and the magnetic poles. This misalignment causes the X-ray emitting hot spot to rotate into and out of view giving rise to X-ray pulses.
anomalous X-ray pulsar (AXP)
A type of X-ray pulsar with a very long axial rotation period (for a pulsar), of 6 to 12 seconds, combined with a very powerful X-ray emission that cannot be explained by such a low spin rate.
X-Ray Pulsars
Pulsars that radiate in the X-ray region of the spectrum. Best verified examples are Her X-1 and Cen X-3.
X-ray pulsars emit x-rays at regular intervals, either because of magnetospheric emission in neutron stars, or through the accretion of matter from a companion.
X-ray pulsar - A neutron star from which periodic bursts of X rays are observed
Year - The length of time required for the Earth to orbit the Sun ...
X-ray pulsars in a binary system allow the orbital parameters to be determined through: ...
An X-ray pulsar probably about 5 kpc distant, a member of an occulting binary system with an orbital period of 1.7 days. The visible component has been identified as the blue variable HZ Herculis, whose spectrum varies from late A or early F to B.
When they are young (with ages less than about 10,000 years) magnetars may be observed as soft gamma repeaters (SGRs) or anomalous x-ray pulsars. magnetic (NASA SP-7, 1965) 1. Of or pertaining to a magnet.
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The first X-ray pulsar, Cen X-3
The first accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar, SAX J1808.4-3658
The first extrasolar planets to be discovered orbit the pulsar PSR B1257+12
The first double pulsar binary system, PSR J0737−3039 ...
Some of the most spectacular are bright X-ray sources and are known as X-ray binaries or X-ray pulsars. In these systems, gas is being drawn from the outer layers of a companion star by the neutron star's gravitational pull.
Using NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE), astronomers have discovered the first fast X-ray pulsar to be eclipsed by its companion star.
are many interesting phenomena in a neutron star binary system. We will just mention one. If the companion of the neutron star is a giant, material will be transferred from the giant to the neutron star. X-rays will be emitted and a X-ray pulsar is ...
 See also: Energy, Pulsar, X-ray, Ray, Neutron
  
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