Neutron stars are the collapsed cores of supergiant stars.[1] They are created as a result of supernovas and gravitational collapse,[2] and are the second smallest and densest class of stellar objects.[3] In the cores of these stars, protons and electrons combine to form neutrons.[2] Neutron stars can be classified as pulsars if they are magnetized, if they rotate, and if they emit beams of electromagnetic radiation out of their magnetic poles.[4] They may include soft gamma repeaters (SGR) and radio-quiet neutron stars, as well as pulsars such as radio pulsars, recycled pulsars, low mass X-ray pulsars, and accretion-powered pulsars. A notable grouping of neutron stars includes the Magnificent Seven.
List of neutron stars
Designation | Popular Name | Type | Constellation | Right Ascension | Declination | Distance (pc) | Mass (M☉) | Radius (km) | Spin Period (sec) | Orbital Period (days) | Apparent Magnitude (V) | Luminosity (L☉) | Temperature) (K) | Age (years) | Notes |
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SGR 1806−20 | Magnetar | Sagittarius | 18h 08m 39.32s | −20° 24' 39.5" | 13,000 | 7.55592 | Totally Obscured | ||||||||
RCW 103 | Radio-Quiet | Norma | 16h 17m 33.000s | −51° 02' 00.00" | 3,100-3,300 | ||||||||||
1RXS J141256.0+792204 | Calvera | Radio-Quiet | Ursa Minor | 14h 12m 55.867s | +79° 22' 03.895" | ≤2,000 | 0.059199071070 | 285,000 | |||||||
RX J0822−4300 | Cosmic Cannonball | Radio-Quiet | Puppis | 08h 23m 8.16s | −42° 41′ 41.4″ | 2,000 | ~24 | ||||||||
PSR B1937+21 | Pulsar | Vulpecula | 19h 39m 38.560210s | +21° 34′ 59.14166″ | >3,600 | 0.0015578065 | 229,000,000 | ||||||||
RX J1856.5−3754 | Corona Australis | 18h 56m 35s | −37° 54′ 36″ | 122 | 1.5 | 12.1 | ~25.6 | 1,000,000 | The Magnificent Seven | ||||||
RBS1556 | The Magnificent Seven | ||||||||||||||
RBS1223 | The Magnificent Seven | ||||||||||||||
RX J0720.4−3125 | Canis Major | 07h 20m 24.961s | −31° 25′ 50.21″ | 360 | 4.50 - 5.38 | ~26.6 | The Magnificent Seven | ||||||||
RX J0420.0-5022 | The Magnificent Seven | ||||||||||||||
PSR B1937+21 | Pulsar | Vulpecula | 19h 39m 38.560210s | +21° 34′ 59.14166″ | 3,600 | 0.0015578065 | 229,000,000 | First discovered millisecond pulsar | |||||||
PSR B1957+20 | Black Widow Pulsar | Eclipsing Binary Pulsar | Sagitta | 19h 59m 36.77s | +20° 48′ 15.12″ | 2000 | 1.66 - 1.8 | 0.00160734 | 20.4 | ||||||
PSR B0531+21 | Crab Pulsar | Pulsar | Taurus | 05h 34m 31.95s | +22° 00′ 52.2″ | 1,900 | 10 | 0.0335028583 | 16.65 | 8,142 | |||||
PSR B1509−58 | Pulsar | Circinus | 15h 13m 55.52s | −59° 08′ 08.8″ | 5,200 ±1,400 | 9.5 | 0.1502 | 1,700 | |||||||
PSR B0329+54 | Pulsar | Camelopardalis | 03h 32m 59.368s | +54° 34′ 43.57″ | 1,060 | 0.71452 | 5,000,000 | ||||||||
PSR B0943+10 | Pulsar | Leo | 09h 46m 7.31s | +09° 51′ 57.3″ | 630 ±100 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.0000131 | 3,100,000 | 5,000,000 | |||||
PSR B1257+12 | Lich | Pulsar | Virgo | 13h 00m 01s | +12° 40′ 57″ | 710 ±40 | 0.006219 | 1,000,000,000 - 3,000,000,000 | Host to the first discovered extrasolar and pulsar planets | ||||||
PSR B1620−26 | Pulsar | Scorpius | 16h 23m 38.2218s | −26° 31′ 53.769" | 3,800 | 1.35 | 20.85 | 21.30 | ≤ 30,000 | 12,200,000,000 | Binary with a white dwarf | ||||
PSR B1828−11 | Pulsar | Scutum | 18h 30m 47.75s | −10° 59′ 10.8″ | 3,200 | ||||||||||
PSR B1919+21 | Little Green Men | Pulsar | Vulpecula | 19h 21m 44.815s | +21° 53′ 02.25" | 100-1100 | 1.4 | 9.7398 | 1.3373 | 16,000,000 | First discovered radio pulsar | ||||
PSR J0348+0432 | Pulsar | Taurus | 03h 48m 43.639s | +04° 32′ 11.458″ | 2,100 | 2.01 | 13 ±2 | 0.0391226569017806 | 0.102424062722 | 2,600,000,000 | Binary with a white dwarf | ||||
PSR J0737−3039A | Double Pulsar | Puppis | 07h 37m 51.248s | −30° 39′ 40.83″ | 1150 | 1.338 | 0.022699379740922 | 0.102 | First known double pulsar | ||||||
PSR J0737−3039B | Double Pulsar | Puppis | 07h 37m 51.248s | −30° 39′ 40.83″ | 1150 | 1.249 | 2.7734613485 | 0.102 | First known double pulsar | ||||||
PSR J0740+6620 | Pulsar | Camelopardalis | 07h 40m 45.799s | +66° 20′ 33.60″ | 1,410 | 2.08 | 12.39 | Binary with a white dwarf | |||||||
PSR J0952–0607 | Black Widow Pulsar | Sextans | 09h 52m 08.319s | −06° 07′ 23.49″ | 970, 1720, or 6260 | 2.35 | 0.00141379836 | 0.267461035 | 22.0 - 24.4 | 4,900,000,000 | Fastest spinning pulsar known within the Milky Way | ||||
PSR J1311–3430 | Pulsar | Centaurus | 13h 11m 45.724s | −34° 30′ 30.35″ | 2.7 | 0.0025 | |||||||||
PSR J1614−2230 | Pulsar | Scorpius | 16h 14m 36.5051s | −22° 30′ 31.081″ | 1,200 | 1.908 | 13 ±2 | 0.0031508076534271 | Magnitude | 5,200,000,000 | Binary with a white dwarf | ||||
PSR J1719−1438 | Pulsar | Serpens | 17:19:10.0730(1) | −14:38:00.96(2) | 1,200 | 1.4 | 19 | 0.0058 | 0.090706 | ||||||
PSR J1748-2021B | Pulsar | Virgo | 17h 48m 52.9522s | −20h 21m 38.90s | 223 | 2.548 | |||||||||
PSR J1946+2052A | Pulsar | Vulpecula | 19h 46m 14.130s | +20° 52′ 24.64″ | 3500 - 4200 | <1.31 | 0.0169601753230 | 0.07848804 | 290,000,000 | ||||||
PSR J1946+2052A | Neutron Star | Vulpecula | 19h 46m 14.130s | +20° 52′ 24.64″ | 3500 - 4200 | >1.18 | 0.07848804 | ||||||||
PSR J2124−3358 | Pulsar | Microscopium | 21h 24m 43.8464s | −33° 58′ 44.961″ | 270 | 7,200,000,000 | |||||||||
PSR J0835-4510| | Vela Pulsar | Pulsar | Vela | 08h 35m 20.65525s | −45° 10′ 35.1545″ | 294 | 0.08933 | 23.6 | 11,000 - 12,300 |
Anomalous X-ray pulsars
- Anomalous X-ray pulsar (AXP)
- AXP 1E 1048-59
- AXP 1E2259+586
- AXP4U 0142+61
- AXP 1RXS 1708–40
- AXP 1E 1841–045
- AXP AXJ1844-0258
- AXP CXJ0110-7211
- Vela X-1
- 4U 0352+309
- Bursting Pulsar
- Vela Junior
- LMC N49
Binary star systems
Related objects
See also
References
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- ^ a b "Imagine the Universe!: Neutron Stars". National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Goddard Space Flight Center. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ Glendenning, Norman K. (2012). Compact Stars: Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics and General Relativity (illustrated ed.). Springer Science & Business Media. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-4684-0491-3. Archived from the original on 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
- ^ "NASA's NICER Delivers Best-ever Pulsar Measurements, 1st Surface Map". 11 December 2019.