List of neutron stars explained

Neutron stars are the collapsed cores of supergiant stars.^[1] They are created as a result of supernovas and gravitational collapse,^[2] and are the second smallest and densest class of stellar objects.^[3] In the cores of these stars, protons and electrons combine to form neutrons. Neutron stars can be classified as pulsars if they are magnetized, if they rotate, and if they emit beams of electromagnetic radiation out of their magnetic poles.^[4]

Neutron stars

• Magnetar (SGR 1806−20)
• Soft gamma repeater (SGR)
• The Magnificent Seven (neutron stars)
• Radio-quiet neutron star (RCW 103,Calvera (X-ray source))
• Cosmic Cannonball

Pulsars

• Radio pulsar
• Recycled pulsar PSR B1937+21
• Low mass X-ray pulsar (LMXP)
• Accretion-powered pulsar

!Name!Constellation

Black Widow Pulsar
Crab Pulsar	Taurus^[5]
Hand of God pulsar	Circinus^[6]
PSR B0329+54
PSR B0943+10
PSR B1257+12	Virgo^[7]
PSR B1257+12 A
PSR B1257+12 B
PSR B1257+12 C
PSR B1620−26
PSR B1828−11
PSR B1919+21
PSR B1937+21	Vulpecula^[8]
PSR J0348+0432
PSR J0737−3039
PSR J0740+6620
PSR J0952–0607	Sextans^[9]
PSR J1311–3430	Centaurus^[10]
PSR J1614−2230
PSR J1719−1438	Serpens^[11]
PSR J1719−1438 b	Serpens
PSR J1748-2021B
PSR J1946+2052
PSR J2124−3358
Vela Pulsar

Anomalous X-ray pulsars

• Anomalous X-ray pulsar (AXP)
  • AXP 1E 1048-59 AXP 1E2259+586
• AXP4U 0142+61
• AXP 1RXS 1708–40
• AXP 1E 1841–045
• AXP AXJ1844-0258
• AXP CXJ0110-7211
• Vela X-1
• 4U 0352+309
• Bursting Pulsar
• Vela Junior
• LMC N49

Binary star systems

• Intermediate-mass X-ray binary
• High-mass X-ray binaries
  • • • Centaurus X-3 Circinus X-1 GX 301-2 Hercules X-1

Related objects

• Kesteven 79
• PSR B1620−26 b
• 3C 58
• Cas X-1
• GW170817
• Cygnus loop
• Spaghetti Nebula
• SN 1987A
• Jellyfish nebula

See also

• Stellar designations and names

Notes and References

1. Heger . A. . Fryer . C. L. . Woosley . S. E. . Langer . N. . Hartmann . D. H. . 2003 . How Massive Single Stars End Their Life . . 591 . 1 . 288–300 . astro-ph/0212469 . 2003ApJ...591..288H . 10.1086/375341 . 59065632.
2. Web site: 23 September 2023 . Imagine the Universe!: Neutron Stars . 7 January 2024 . National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Goddard Space Flight Center.
3. Book: Glendenning . Norman K. . Compact Stars: Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics and General Relativity . Springer Science & Business Media . 2012 . 978-1-4684-0491-3 . illustrated . 1 . 2016-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170131202613/https://books.google.com/books?id=cCDlBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 . 2017-01-31 . live.
4. Web site: 11 December 2019 . NASA's NICER Delivers Best-ever Pulsar Measurements, 1st Surface Map .
5. Web site: Hester . Jeff . Scowen . Paul . 30 May 1996 . The Crab Nebula From the Ground (left) and Its Interior With Pulsar . 7 January 2024 . Hubblesite.
6. Web site: 3 April 2009 . PSR B1509-58: A Young Pulsar Shows its Hand . 7 January 2024 . Chandra X-Ray Observatory.
7. Web site: Pulsar Planets . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051230112904/http://www.astro.psu.edu/users/alex/pulsar_planets.htm . 2005-12-30.
8. Backer, D. C. . Kulkarni, S. R. . Heiles, C. . Davis, M. M. . Goss, W. M. . 4 . 1982 . A millisecond pulsar . Nature . 300 . 5893 . 315–318 . 1982Natur.300..615B . 10.1038/300615a0 . 4247734.
9. Web site: PSR J0952-0607 -- Pulsar . 26 July 2022 . . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
10. Web site: Wall . Mike . 25 October 2012 . Super-dense neutron star is fastest ever seen . 25 October 2012 . Space.com.
11. News: Tillman . Nola Taylor . August 25, 2011 . Surprise! Alien Planet Made of Diamond Discovered . August 25, 2011 . .