Physics A-Level
Pulsar
What Pulsar means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Pulsar
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Reference: OCR
A rapidly spinning neutron star that emits beams of radiation, detected as pulses when the beam sweeps past Earth.
Topics that use Pulsar
- Stars (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Black hole
- Chandrasekhar limit
- Electron degeneracy pressure
- Gravitational collapse
- HR diagram
- Main sequence
- Neutron star
- Planet
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