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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Pulsars, Radio-quiet neutron stars, Rotating radio transients, Soft gamma repeater, Thorne- ytkow object, PSR B1937+21, Dragon's Egg, Neutron-star oscillation, The Magnificent Seven, Crab Pulsar, PSR J0737-3039, Pulsar kicks, PSR J1614-2230, Scorpius X-1, Millisecond pulsar, Pulsar planet, Geminga, PSR B1913+16, X-ray burster, Hercules X-1, Scorpius X-2, Binary pulsar, X-ray pulsar, PSR B1919+21, RX J1856.5-3754, GCRT J1745-3009, SGR 1806-20, Vela X-1, PSR B1620-26, North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves, Quake, Centaurus X-3, PSR B1829 10, PSR J0108-1431, Vela Pulsar, Pulsar wind nebula, Starquake, European Pulsar Timing Array, CXO J164710.2-455216, RX J0822-4300, LS I +61 303, SGR 1627-41, List of X-ray pulsars, 1E161348-5055, Tempo, RRAT J1819-1458, PSR J0437-4715, PSR J1903+0327, 3C 58, Anomalous X-ray pulsar, Calvera, PSR B0329+54, LGM-1, PSR J0537-6910, Bursting Pulsar, XTE J1739-285, 4U 0614+091, PSR B0950+08, Optical pulsar, PSR J2007+2722, Neutron Tide, PSR J1951+1123, Neutron star spin-up, CXOU J061705.3+222127, Timing noise. Excerpt: A neutron star is a type of stellar remnant that can result from the gravitational collapse of a massive star during a Type II, Type Ib or Type Ic supernova event. Such stars are composed almost entirely of neutrons, which are subatomic particles without electrical charge and with a slightly larger mass than protons. Neutron stars are very hot and are supported against further collapse by quantum degeneracy pressure due to the Pauli exclusion principle. This principle states that no two neutrons (or any other fermionic particles) can occupy the same place and quantum state simultaneously. A typical neutron star has a mass between 1.35 and about 2.0 solar masses, with a corresponding radius of about 12 km if the Akmal-Pandharipande-Ravenhall equation of s...
