DIRECT OBSERVATION OF THE KICK DURING THE BIRTH OF A NEUTRON-STAR IN THE BINARY PULSAR PSR B1259-63

Authors
PROKHOROV ME POSTNOV KA
Citation
Me. Prokhorov et Ka. Postnov, DIRECT OBSERVATION OF THE KICK DURING THE BIRTH OF A NEUTRON-STAR IN THE BINARY PULSAR PSR B1259-63, Astronomy letters, 23(4), 1997, pp. 439-444
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Astronomy letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10637737
Volume
23
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
439 - 444
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7737(1997)23:4<439:DOOTKD>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The observation of the circumstellar disk around the Be star SS 2883-a n optical component of the binary radio pulsar PSR B1259-63-which is i nclined to the orbital plane strongly suggests that the supernova expl osion in this binary system was asymmetric. The kick velocity gained b y the neutron star during its birth is shown to be greater than 50 km s(-1).