Transient radio bursts from rotating neutron stars

M. A. McLaughlin (), A. G. Lyne, D. R. Lorimer, M. Kramer, A. J. Faulkner, R. N. Manchester, J. M. Cordes, F. Camilo, A. Possenti, I. H. Stairs, G. Hobbs, N. D'Amico, M. Burgay and J. T. O'Brien
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M. A. McLaughlin: University of Manchester
A. G. Lyne: University of Manchester
D. R. Lorimer: University of Manchester
M. Kramer: University of Manchester
A. J. Faulkner: University of Manchester
R. N. Manchester: Australia Telescope National Facility – CSIRO
J. M. Cordes: Cornell University
F. Camilo: Columbia University
A. Possenti: INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Loc.
I. H. Stairs: University of British Columbia
G. Hobbs: Australia Telescope National Facility – CSIRO
N. D'Amico: INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Loc.
M. Burgay: INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari, Loc.
J. T. O'Brien: University of Manchester

Nature, 2006, vol. 439, issue 7078, 817-820

Abstract: Pulsars: transient population A previously unknown population of superdense neutron stars has been identified. Termed RRATs, for rotating radio transients, their radio emissions vary on very short timescales, with bursts of 2 to 30 milliseconds occurring at intervals of 4 minutes to 3 hours. Eleven such objects have been found so far but their ephemeral nature suggests that there are many more in our Galaxy that remain unseen. This discovery implies a several-fold increase in the estimated radio-pulsar population, currently about 100,000.

Date: 2006
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