Limits on surface magnetic fields of fast pulsars

dc.contributor.author	Datta, B
dc.date.accessioned	2008-08-05T07:26:50Z
dc.date.available	2008-08-05T07:26:50Z
dc.date.issued	1984-03-22
dc.identifier.citation	Nature, Vol. 308, No. 5957, pp. 338 - 339	en
dc.identifier.issn	0028-0836
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/3012
dc.description	Restricted Access
dc.description.abstract	The rapid rotation rate of millisecond pulsar PSR 1937+214 suggests that it may be close to the point of rotational instability. Rotational stability implies lower limits on the mass and moment of inertia, and an upper limit on the radius of the rotating neutron star. The author shows that if fast pulsars are remnants of galactic bulge X-ray sources, the limits on the structure of rotating neutron stars, as implied by the requirement of rotational stability, can be used to set limits on the surface dipole magnetic field and the slow-down rate.	en
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dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Nature Publishing Group	en
dc.subject	Pulsars	en
dc.subject	Stellar magnetic fields	en
dc.subject	Stellar rotation	en
dc.subject	Galactic bulge	en
dc.subject	Neutron stars	en
dc.subject	Stellar mass accretion	en
dc.subject	X ray sources	en
dc.title	Limits on surface magnetic fields of fast pulsars	en
dc.type	Article	en