Lorimer Duncan R
Jodrell Bank Observatory, University of Manchester, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 9DL UK.
Living Rev Relativ. 2005;8(1):7. doi: 10.12942/lrr-2005-7. Epub 2005 Nov 9.
We review the main properties, demographics and applications of binary and millisecond radio pulsars. Our knowledge of these exciting objects has greatly increased in recent years, mainly due to successful surveys which have brought the known pulsar population to over 1700. There are now 80 binary and millisecond pulsars associated with the disk of our Galaxy, and a further 103 pulsars in 24 of the Galactic globular clusters. Recent highlights have been the discovery of the first ever double pulsar system and a recent flurry of discoveries in globular clusters, in particular Terzan 5.
Supplementary material is available for this article at 10.12942/lrr-2005-7.
我们回顾了双星和毫秒脉冲星的主要特性、分布特征及应用。近年来,我们对这些令人兴奋的天体的了解大幅增加,这主要归功于成功的巡天观测,已知脉冲星数量已超过1700颗。目前有80颗双星和毫秒脉冲星与银河系盘相关联,在24个银河系球状星团中还有另外103颗脉冲星。近期的重大发现包括首次发现双脉冲星系统,以及球状星团(特别是特赞5)中近期涌现的一系列发现。
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