Rotation at 1122 Hz and the neutron star structure

2006/12/31 by M. Bejger, P. Haensel, J. L. Zdunik · 3 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066902

published as Astron.Astrophys.464:L49-L52,2007 · 4 pages, 3 figures, new paragraph on the constraints from the spin-up by accretion added. Accepted for publication in A&A Letters

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Abstract

Aims.Recent observations of XTE J1739-285 suggest that it contains a neutron star rotating at 1122 Hz. Such rotation imposes bounds on the structure of neutron star in XTE J1739-285. These bounds may be used to constrain poorly known equation of state of dense matter at densities .

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