The Cause of the Pulsations We See in the Light

question 52

Multiple Choice

The cause of the pulsations we see in the light from neutron stars is

• A) pulsations of its neutrons.
• B) motions of electrons within the star.
• C) the spinning motion of the star.
• D) the in and out pulsations of star's radius, as the star gets rapidly larger and then smaller.
• E) Nonsense-- neutron stars do not pulsate.

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