Rapidly spinning neutron stars
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Pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars that emit radio waves in beams from their magnetic poles.Thus, the radio beam sweeps around as the neutron star rotates, a thousand times every second. As the figure shows, we see a flash of radio emission every time the beam sweeps past us.
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Pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars that emit radio waves in beams from their magnetic poles.Thus, the radio beam sweeps around as the neutron star rotates, a thousand times every second. As the figure shows, we see a flash of radio emission every time the beam sweeps past us.
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