Millisecond Pulsars

Timing Noise - Categories
... Three distinct classes of pulsars are currently known to astronomers, according to the source of the power of the electromagnetic radiation Rotation-powered pulsars, where the ... Accretion-powered pulsars (accounting for most but not all X-ray pulsars), where the gravitational potential energy of accreted matter is the power source (producing X-rays that are observable from the Earth) ... The Fermi Space Telescope has uncovered a subclass of rotationally-powered pulsars that emit only gamma rays ...

Millisecond Pulsar
... A millisecond pulsar (MSP) is a pulsar with a rotational period in the range of about 1-10 milliseconds ... Millisecond pulsars have been detected in the radio, X-ray, and gamma ray portions of the electromagnetic spectrum ... The origin of millisecond pulsars is still unknown ...