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PSR J0348+0432, the Glossary

PSR J0348+0432 is a pulsar–white dwarf binary system in the constellation Taurus.^[1]

39 relations: Antony Hewish, Arecibo Observatory, Astronomical spectroscopy, Bonn, Chile, Day, Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope, Electromagnetic radiation, European Southern Observatory, Franco Pacini, Gamma ray, General relativity, Gravitational wave, Green Bank Telescope, Hulse–Taylor pulsar, Hyperon, Interplanetary Scintillation Array, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Magnetism, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Millisecond, Millisecond pulsar, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Neutron star, Orbital period, Plasma (physics), PSR J0737−3039, PSR J1614−2230, Pulsar, Radio wave, Shapiro time delay, Space telescope, Taurus (constellation), Tests of general relativity, Thomas Gold, Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff limit, Type II supernova, Very Large Telescope, White dwarf.
Millisecond pulsars

Antony Hewish

Antony Hewish (11 May 1924 – 13 September 2021) was a British radio astronomer who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974 (together with fellow radio-astronomer Martin Ryle) for his role in the discovery of pulsars.

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Arecibo Observatory

The Arecibo Observatory, also known as the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) and formerly known as the Arecibo Ionosphere Observatory, is an observatory in Barrio Esperanza, Arecibo, Puerto Rico owned by the US National Science Foundation (NSF).

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Astronomical spectroscopy

Astronomical spectroscopy is the study of astronomy using the techniques of spectroscopy to measure the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, including visible light, ultraviolet, X-ray, infrared and radio waves that radiate from stars and other celestial objects.

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Bonn

Bonn is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine.

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Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America.

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Day

A day is the time period of a full rotation of the Earth with respect to the Sun.

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Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope

The Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope is a radio telescope in the Ahr Hills (part of the Eifel) in Bad Münstereifel, Germany.

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Electromagnetic radiation

In physics, electromagnetic radiation (EMR) consists of waves of the electromagnetic (EM) field, which propagate through space and carry momentum and electromagnetic radiant energy.

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European Southern Observatory

The European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, commonly referred to as the European Southern Observatory (ESO), is an intergovernmental research organisation made up of 16 member states for ground-based astronomy.

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Franco Pacini

Franco Pacini (10 May 1939 – 25 January 2012) was an Italian astrophysicist and professor at the University of Florence.

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Gamma ray

A gamma ray, also known as gamma radiation (symbol), is a penetrating form of electromagnetic radiation arising from the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei.

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General relativity

General relativity, also known as the general theory of relativity and Einstein's theory of gravity, is the geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1915 and is the current description of gravitation in modern physics.

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Gravitational wave

Gravitational waves are waves of the intensity of gravity that are generated by the accelerated masses of binary stars and other motions of gravitating masses, and propagate as waves outward from their source at the speed of light. PSR J0348+0432 and Gravitational wave are binary stars.

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Green Bank Telescope

The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in Green Bank, West Virginia, US is the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope, surpassing the Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope in Germany.

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Hulse–Taylor pulsar

The Hulse–Taylor pulsar (known as PSR B1913+16, PSR J1915+1606 or PSR 1913+16) is a binary star system composed of a neutron star and a pulsar which orbit around their common center of mass. PSR J0348+0432 and Hulse–Taylor pulsar are pulsars.

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Hyperon

In particle physics, a hyperon is any baryon containing one or more strange quarks, but no charm, bottom, or top quark.

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Interplanetary Scintillation Array

The Interplanetary Scintillation Array (also known as the IPS Array or Pulsar Array) is a radio telescope that was built in 1967 at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, in Cambridge, United Kingdom, and was operated by the Cavendish Astrophysics Group.

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Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell (Bell; born 15 July 1943) is an astrophysicist from Northern Ireland who, as a postgraduate student, discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967.

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Magnetism

Magnetism is the class of physical attributes that occur through a magnetic field, which allows objects to attract or repel each other.

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Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

The Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfRA) (German: Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie) is located in Bonn, Germany.

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Millisecond

A millisecond (from milli- and second; symbol: ms) is a unit of time in the International System of Units equal to one thousandth (0.001 or 10−3 or 1/1000) of a second or 1000 microseconds.

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Millisecond pulsar

A millisecond pulsar (MSP) is a pulsar with a rotational period less than about 10 milliseconds. PSR J0348+0432 and millisecond pulsar are millisecond pulsars and pulsars.

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National Radio Astronomy Observatory

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) is a federally funded research and development center of the United States National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc.

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Neutron star

A neutron star is the collapsed core of a massive supergiant star.

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Orbital period

The orbital period (also revolution period) is the amount of time a given astronomical object takes to complete one orbit around another object.

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Plasma (physics)

Plasma is one of four fundamental states of matter (the other three being solid, liquid, and gas) characterized by the presence of a significant portion of charged particles in any combination of ions or electrons.

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PSR J0737−3039

PSR J0737−3039 is the first known double pulsar. PSR J0348+0432 and PSR J0737−3039 are pulsars.

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PSR J1614−2230

PSR J1614–2230 is a pulsar in a binary system with a white dwarf in the constellation Scorpius. PSR J0348+0432 and PSR J1614−2230 are millisecond pulsars and pulsars.

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Pulsar

A pulsar (from pulsating radio source) is a highly magnetized rotating neutron star that emits beams of electromagnetic radiation out of its magnetic poles. PSR J0348+0432 and pulsar are pulsars.

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Radio wave

Radio waves are a type of electromagnetic radiation with the lowest frequencies and the longest wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum, typically with frequencies below 300 gigahertz (GHz) and wavelengths greater than, about the diameter of a grain of rice.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSR_J0348%2B0432

PSR J0348+0432, the Glossary

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Millisecond pulsars

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