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LOVE-NEST<\/h1><\/div>
LOOKING FOR SUPER-MASSIVE NEUTRON STARS<\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”100″]\n\t \t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tImage: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The astrophysics field of compact binary millisecond pulsars<\/em> is thriving. This growing class of rapidly spinning neutron stars \u2013 also known as \u201cspiders\u201d\u2013 constitutes the most promising place to find massive pulsars.<\/p>\n

During the last decade, millisecond pulsar research has seen a true revolution. The launch in 2008 of the Fermi<\/em> Large Area Telescope led to a drastic increase in the discovery rate<\/strong> of millisecond pulsars, most of which turn out to be in very compact orbits. To date, we have identified more than 50 spiders, and the population of compact binary millisecond pulsars keeps growing. Since 2008, three compact binary millisecond pulsars have transitioned between accretion and rotation-powered phases<\/strong>, giving the final confirmation of the pulsar recycling scenario<\/p>\n

LOVE-NEST<\/strong> is a 5-year team action funded by the European Research Council (ERC consolidator grant) to study compact binary millisecond pulsars from many different angles. LOVE-NEST is hosted at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), and started in December 2021.<\/p>\n

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