PSR J0537−6910
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| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Dorado |
| Right ascension | 05h 37m 47.6s |
| Declination | -69° 10' 20"' |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | Pulsar |
| Variable type | None |
| Astrometry | |
| Distance | 170,000 ly |
| Details | |
| Rotation | 0.016129 s |
| Age | 4,000 years |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
PSR J0537-6910 is a pulsar that is 4,000 years old (not including the light travel time to Earth). It is located about 170,000 light-years away, in the southern constellation of Dorado, and is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It rotates at 62 hertz.
A team at LANL advanced that it is possible to predict starquakes in J0537-6910,[1] meaning that it may be possible to devise a way to forecast glitches at least in some exceptional pulsars.[2] The same team observed magnetic pole drift on this pulsar with observational data from Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer.
References
[edit]- ^ Middleditch, John; Marshall, Francis E.; Wang, Q. Daniel; Gotthelf, Eric V.; Zhang, William (December 2006). "Predicting the Starquakes in PSR J0537-6910". The Astrophysical Journal. 652 (2): 1531–1546. arXiv:astro-ph/0605007. Bibcode:2006ApJ...652.1531M. doi:10.1086/508736. ISSN 0004-637X.
- ^ Antonelli, Marco; Montoli, Alessandro; Pizzochero, Pierre (November 2022), "Insights into the Physics of Neutron Star Interiors from Pulsar Glitches", Astrophysics in the XXI Century with Compact Stars, pp. 219–281, arXiv:2301.12769, doi:10.1142/9789811220944_0007, ISBN 978-981-12-2093-7, S2CID 256390487
External links
[edit]- Scientists Can Predict Pulsar Starquakes (SpaceDaily) Jun 07, 2006
- SIMBAD entry for PSR J0537-6910
See also
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