Equation 6 · Part 1 · Cosmological Natural Selection: A Theory That Named Its Own Killer
Symbol s
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s is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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s is a part of this expression. Its role is fixed by the surrounding article and by the operations shown in the formula.
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where the “range” parameter r is set directly by the companion’s mass and the “shape” parameter s by the orbit’s inclination. Because r and s are measured independently of the pulsar’s own mass, and Kepler’s laws already fix the total system mass from the orbital period and velocity, a sufficiently edge-on, sufficiently precisely timed binary hands over both masses at once — no assumptions…
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Sources cited in the article section
- [10] A Two-Solar-Mass Neutron Star Measured Using Shapiro Delay ↗
- [11] A Massive Pulsar in a Compact Relativistic Binary ↗
- [12] Relativistic Shapiro Delay Measurements of an Extremely Massive Millisecond Pulsar ↗
- [13] Refined Mass and Geometric Measurements of the High-Mass PSR J0740+6620 ↗
- [15] PSR J0952-0607: The Fastest and Heaviest Known Galactic Neutron Star ↗
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