D2.1.2 A machine readable language for norms
- ISSN: 0094243X
- DOI: 10.1063/1.2803553
- arXiv: 0708.2372
Abstract
SN 1987A offered a unique opportunity to detect a pulsar at the very beginning of its life and to study its early evolution. Despite many searches at radio and optical wavelengths, no pulsar has yet been detected. Details of a recent search using the Parkes radio telescope are given. Limits on the X-ray, optical and radio luminosity of a point source at the centre of SN 1987A place limits on the properties of a central neutron star. However, neither these nor the pulsar limits preclude the presence of a relatively slowly rotating neutron star (P 100 ms) with a moderate surface dipole magnetic field in SN 1987A. Galactic studies suggest that a significant fraction of pulsars are born with parameters in this range. In view of this, continued searches for a pulsar in SN 1987A are certainly justified.
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