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    A neutron star is formed during the gravitational collapse of a massive star after a supernova explosion. It is composed entirely of neutrons and has a radius of around 12km but a mass of 1.35-2.1 solar masses, giving it an incredibly dense structure supported by neutron degeneracy pressure. Neutron stars rotate extremely rapidly after formation but slow down over time as their magnetic fields radiate energy. Around 5% of neutron stars exist in binary systems where material is accreted from a companion star, heating up and emitting x-rays.

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    A neutron star is formed during the gravitational collapse of a massive star after a supernova explosion. It is composed entirely of neutrons and has a radius of around 12km but a mass of 1.35-2.1 solar masses, giving it an incredibly dense structure supported by neutron degeneracy pressure. Neutron stars rotate extremely rapidly after formation but slow down over time as their magnetic fields radiate energy. Around 5% of neutron stars exist in binary systems where material is accreted from a companion star, heating up and emitting x-rays.

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    A neutron star is formed during the gravitational collapse of a massive star after a supernova explosion. It is composed entirely of neutrons and has a radius of around 12km but a mass of 1.35-2.1 solar masses, giving it an incredibly dense structure supported by neutron degeneracy pressure. Neutron stars rotate extremely rapidly after formation but slow down over time as their magnetic fields radiate energy. Around 5% of neutron stars exist in binary systems where material is accreted from a companion star, heating up and emitting x-rays.

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    Neutron Star

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    A neutron star is formed during the gravitational collapse of a massive star after a supernova explosion. It is composed entirely of neutrons and has a radius of around 12km but a mass of 1.35-2.1 solar masses, giving it an incredibly dense structure supported by neutron degeneracy pressure. Neutron stars rotate extremely rapidly after formation but slow down over time as their magnetic fields radiate energy. Around 5% of neutron stars exist in binary systems where material is accreted from a companion star, heating up and emitting x-rays.

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    Neutron stars are very dense remnants of massive stars that have collapsed. They are composed entirely of neutrons and have a small radius but large mass.

    Neutron stars are composed entirely of neutrons.

    Neutron stars are formed when a massive star runs out of fuel for nuclear fusion and collapses under its own gravity. The protons and electrons in the core combine to form neutrons.

    INTRODUCTION

    A Neutron star is a type of remnant that can result from the gravitational collapse of a massive star. Such stars are composed entirely of neutrons. Neutron stars are very hot and are supported against collapse due to Paulis exclusion principle. A typical neutron star has a mass between 1.35 and 2.1 solar masses with a corresponding radius of about 12km. Its density is equivalent to the mass of entire human population compressed into the size of a sugar cube.

    FORMATION
    At a particular stage, the star explodes and scatters into space. The protons and electrons of the scattered star combine to form neutrons. After the formation of neutrons ,the outward pressure between them prevents further gravitational collapse . The matter left over is the neutron star.

    STRUCTURE

    ROTATION
    Neutron stars rotate
    extremely rapidly after their creation due to the conservation of angular momentum. A new born neutron star can rotate several times a second. Over time, neutron stars slow down because their rotating magnetic fields radiate energy. Older neutron stars may take several seconds for each revolution.

    the rate at which a neutron star slows its rotation is usually constant and very small The pulses come at the same rate as the rotation of the neutron star ,and thus appear periodic. Neutron stars which emit such pulses are called pulsars.

    The neutron subatomic particle was discovered in 1932 by Sir James Chadwick. By bombarding the hydrogen atoms in paraffin with emissions from beryllium that itself being bombarded with alpha particles. He demonstrated that these emissions contained a neutral particle that had about the same mass as a proton. In 1935 he was awarded the noble prize in Physics for his discovery.

    HISTORY OF DISCOVERIES

    POPULATION AND DISTANCES


    At present there are about 2000 known neutron stars in the milky way . The majority of them have been detected as radio pulsars. The population of neutron stars is concentrated along the disk of the milky way although the spread perpendicular to the disk is fairly large.
    The reason is that neutron stars are born with high speeds as a result of an imparted momentum kick from an asymmetry during the supernova explosion process.

    The closest known neutron star is PSR J0108-1431 at a distance of about 280 light-years. Another nearby neutron star is RX J185635-3754 but the observations using the Chandra x-ray observatory in 2002 appear to show that its distance is greater-about 450 light-years.

    BINARY NEUTRON STARS


    About 5% of all neutron stars are members of a binary system. The formation of binary neutron stars is a complicated process. The companion stars may be either ordinary stars, white dwarfs or neutron stars. According to the modern theories, it is expected that neutron stars also exists in binary systems with black hole companions. Such binaries are expected to be prime sources for emitting gravitational waves.

    Neutron stars in binary systems often emit x-rays which is caused by the heating of material accreted from the companion star. Material from the outer layers of a companion star is sucked towards the neutron star due to the strong gravitational field. As a result of this process

    REFERENCES
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