A pulsar too slow for its age

It is one of the slowest pulsars known, and its slowness seems incompatible with its age

 
SXP 1062 Pulsar and its remanent
18/12/2011

Pulsar SXP 1062 y su remanente

SXP 1062 Pulsar and its remanent

LINKS

http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=49784
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/sxp1062/
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=1

 

Reference: 

V. Hénault-Brunet, L. M. Oskinova, M. A. Guerrero, W. Sun, Y.-H. Chu, C. J. Evans, J. S. Gallagher III, R. A. Gruendl, J. Reyes-Iturbide. Discovery of a Be/X-ray pulsar binary and associated supernova remnant in the Wing of the Small Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3933.2011.01183.x

 

 

More info: 

Martín Guerrero, mar[at]iaa.es 958230622, 622233836

Press release: 
PDF icon Press release about the slowest pulsars known