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Magnetic Pole Emission from Pulsars

I've been reading up on some pulsar emission theory (admittedly written in the 70's and 80's, but I figured that's a good place to start), namely this review by Curtis Michel as well as the book Black ...
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Regarding binary systems

Are binary systems (in case of stars and other celestial bodies) more favorable than independent existence? I've been going through an article regarding pulsars, where it was stated that 'many pulsars ...
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What causes millisecond pulsars to speed up?

Millisecond pulsars are supposed to be old neutron stars. However, they are spinning even more rapidly than newly formed pulsars. Since pulsars slow down as they age, something must have caused ...
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Is it possible that all neutron stars are actually pulsars?

I'm assing that what I've been told is true: We can only detect pulsars if their beam(s) of electromagnet radiation is directed at Earth. That pulsars are the same as neutron stars only they emit ...