Radio emission from one of the neutron stars in the ‘double-pulsar’ system is strangely enhanced in two sections of its orbit — stimulated, perhaps, by radiation from its companion.
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Lorimer, D. Jump-start for a neutron star. Nature 428, 900–901 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/428900a
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