PSR B1257+12: a quark star with planets?

dc.creatorYue, Youling
dc.creatorXu, Renxin
dc.date2007-09-18
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:19:24Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:19:24Z
dc.descriptionA recent observation has shown that PSR B1257+12 could have quite small X-ray emitting area, only about 2000 m$^2$, which is more than three orders smaller than the canonical polar cap size. We suggest here that PSR B1257+12 could be a low-mass quark star with radius of $R \simeq 0.6$ km and mass of $M \simeq 3\times10^{-4}\msun$. Such a low-mass quark star system may form in an accretion induced collapse process or a collision process of two quark stars.
dc.description3 pages, 1figure, poster at the international conference "Astrophysics of Compact Objects" (July 1-7, 2007, Huangshan, China)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2922
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2922
dc.identifierAIPConf.Proc.968:206-208,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1063/1.2840398
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/193671
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titlePSR B1257+12: a quark star with planets?
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