The Key Concepts
The links from this page are to descriptions of some of the basic concepts that are helpful to be familiar with when learning about NS-Capture Theory, because they are used to provide context for the description and discussion of the NS-Capture Theory.
The NS-Capture theory brings together several areas of research into one cohesive whole.
Each of these areas is described at a high level, basically one or two paragraphs plus extra explanatory material to familiarize the reader with each topic.
The basic concepts include:
- SuperNova Explosions (SNE’s) Explained
(brief history of discoveries of supernovas and pulsars) - What is X-Ray Astronomy?
(brief description of high energy x-rays from space) - What is a Pulsar?
(brief intro to concept of neutron stars and pulsars) - Pulsars Explained
(some detail about neutron stars and pulsars) - Pulsar Index
(links to more pulsar details on this site) - Giant Stars and NS-Capture Theory
(why giant stars play prominent role in pulsars and SNE’s) - SuperGiant -> SuperNova
(are supergiants created from a young giant captured by NS?) - Binary Pulsars: What they really are
(Binary pulsars are pre-cursors to supernova explosions)- Binary Pulsars Don’t Slow Down
(despite occasional slow downs, binary pulsars ultimately must spin up)
- Binary Pulsars Don’t Slow Down
- Be X-ray Binaries
(NS-Capture Theory predicts that BeXB’s must exist, and here they are!) - NS-Capture Calculations
(overall scale of the Milky Way Galaxy and NS-Capture calculations)
