Is it possible that neutron stars can spin up to a few thousand times a second???

Answer 1

Millisecond pulsars spin at a rate approaching about a millisecond per revolution.. hence the name. I believe they are spun up by in-falling material from a companion star, which deposits additional angular momentum on the pulsar. At the equator, surface velocities are a sizable fraction of the speed of light (10-15%).

Answer 2

Of course its possible.

Think of an ice skater doing a spin. When her arms are outstretched she's spinning slowly. As she brings her arms inward, she starts spinning faster and faster.

Now this of a star the size of our sun. A neutron star is a star the size of our sun that has crushed itself so small it fits in the width of a small town (10-15 km). That's a huge difference... alot more than the ice skater who brings her arms in to her body.

Answer 3

Yes and black holes can spin even faster. A good analogy is an ice-skater who pulls her legs in while spinning. Her mass remains the same and so does her energy, so given the increased density at her center of gravity her spin rate increases.

Answer 4

Well as long as it is dense enough...

im pretty sure there are equations that you can use to connect the maximum spin rate for a given mass, and some how it is related to the density and how well each particle is bonded to each other so that it doesnt fling itself apart when it spins.

Answer 5

The fastest found as of January was 716 revolutions per second.
I have no idea what they beleive is theoretically possible.

Answer 6

Yeah, even faster!

Answer 7

yes evrithing is posible

but its not the case

at least in our universe not

Answer 8

POSSIBLE YES TRUE NO

Answer 9

yes.

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