NASA Logo

NTRS

NTRS - NASA Technical Reports Server

Back to Results
Stellar evolution and pulsars.It has been found that pulsars are rotating magnetic neutron stars, which are created during catastrophic collapses of old stars whose nuclear fuel has long since been used up. The maximum size of pulsars, based on the fastest rotation period of 33 msec, cannot exceed 100 km. The densest star the theory predicts is the neutron star. Its diameter is only 10 km. The processes producing radiation from pulsars are discussed, giving attention to a process similar to that by which a klystron operates and to a process based on a maser mechanism.
Document ID
19730033210
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Chiu, H.-Y.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Md., United States)
Date Acquired
August 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 25, 1972
Publication Information
Publication: New York Academy of Sciences
Subject Category
Space Sciences
Accession Number
73A18012
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

Available Downloads

There are no available downloads for this record.
No Preview Available