FORMATION OF A PLANET BY RAPID EVAPORATION OF A PULSARS COMPANION

Authors
RASIO FA SHAPIRO SL TEUKOLSKY SA
Citation
Fa. Rasio et al., FORMATION OF A PLANET BY RAPID EVAPORATION OF A PULSARS COMPANION, Astronomy and astrophysics, 256(2), 1992, pp. 35-37
Citations number
14
Journal title
Astronomy and astrophysics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00046361
Volume
256
Issue
2
Year of publication
1992
Pages
35 - 37
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(1992)256:2<35:FOAPBR>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A planet-size object in circular orbit around a pulsar could be formed as the result of rapid evaporation of a more massive binary companion by the pulsar's radiation.