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A model for the pulsed X-ray source Cen XR-3 has been constructed, based on studies of wobbling, young, evolving neutron stars which are generating heat in their crusts by the conversion of rotational energy through precession-induced cyclic strain. The observational features can be understood if the observed period is interpreted as the free nutation period. We predict the actual rotational period to be ∼8 ms and the slow-down rate ∼8×10−13 s s1.
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HENRIKSEN, R., FELDMAN, P. & CHAU, W. Cen XR-3: A Neutron Star Younger than the Crab?. Nature 234, 450–453 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/234450a0
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