An X-ray observatory has shed new light on how rotating neutron stars become millisecond radio pulsars.

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Chakrabarty, D., and E.H. Morgan. In press. The 2 hour orbit of the bursting millisecond X-ray pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658. Nature.

Lamb, F.K. 1998. Meeting of the American Astronomical Society. June. San Diego, Calif.

Wijnands, R., and M. van der Klis. In press. Discovery of the first accretion-powered millisecond X-ray pulsar. Nature.

 

Sources:

Deepto Chakrabarty
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Center for Space Research
Cambridge, MA 02139

Michiel van der Klis
University of California
Department of Astronomy
Berkeley, CA 94720

Frederick K. Lamb
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Departments of Physics and Astronomy
1110 W. Green Street
Urbana, IL 61801

Edward H. Morgan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Center for Space Research
Cambridge, MA 02139

Rudy Wijnands
University of Amsterdam
Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek
Kruislaan 403
1098 SJ Amsterdam
Netherlands