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Precession of Isolated Neutron Stars

Bennett Link

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0211182

Abstract

I summarize the evidence for precession of isolated neutron stars and theoretical effort to understand the observations. I discuss factors that might set the precession period, describe constraints on the material properties of the crust, and conclude with a brief discussion of possible sources of stress that would deform a neutron star to the extent required.

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