Abstract
A model for the pulsed X-ray source Cen XR-3 has been constructed, based on studies of wobbling, young, evolving neutron stars which are generating heat in their crusts by the conversion of rotational energy through precession-induced cyclic strain. The observational features can be understood if the observed period is interpreted as the free nutation period. We predict the actual rotational period to be ∼8 ms and the slow-down rate ∼8×10−13 s s1.
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