The Crab Pulsar Has a Period That Is Currently of Length

question 85

Multiple Choice

The Crab Pulsar has a period that is currently of length 33.085 ms.It is estimated to have an equatorial radius of 15 km,about average for a neutron star.The pulsar is slowing in its rotation so that it is expected to come to rest 9.5 $\times$ 10¹⁰ s in the future.What is the angular acceleration in this situation?

• A) 4.8 \(\times\) 10^-6 s^-2
• B) 3.0 \(\times\) 10^-5 s^-2
• C) 7.6 \(\times\) 10^-7 s^-2
• D) 2.0 \(\times\) 10^-9 s^-2
• E) 3.2 \(\times\) 10^-10 s^-2

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