Chinese astronomers detect the lightest known binary neutron star system with FAST
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Alwihda Info
Chinese astronomers have discovered pulsar J1856−0039, a binary neutron star system with the lowest total mass ever measured for this type of object. Detected using the FAST radio telescope and reported in Physical Review Letters, the discovery could help test general relativity and study extreme astrophysical phenomena, according to the team led by Han Jinlin of the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
A team led by Han Jinlin of the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has detected the lightest and most compact binary neutron star system known to date. The pulsar J1856−0039 was discovered using FAST, China’s 500-metre-aperture radio telescope, according to the People’s Daily.
The observation could provide new insights for the study of general relativity. FAST, operated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is a radio telescope whose high sensitivity enabled the team to detect the system.
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