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Rotating Neutron Stars and Pulsar Emission

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The oblique rotator model of a neutron star can provide a mechanism to transfer rotational energy into the circumstellar plasma, producing periodic shock waves. This mechanism is also relevant to the activity sometimes observed in supernovae remnants.

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BERTOTTI, B., CAVALIERE, A. & PACINI, F. Rotating Neutron Stars and Pulsar Emission. Nature 221, 624–626 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221624a0

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