par Chamel, Nicolas 
Référence Histoire de la recherche contemporaine, 1, 2, page (160-167)
Publication Publié, 2012
Référence Histoire de la recherche contemporaine, 1, 2, page (160-167)
Publication Publié, 2012
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | The identification of white dwarfs as extremely compact stars in the early XIXth century led astrophysicists to question themselves about the fate of massive stars. Impregnated by the spectacular developments of quantum mechanics and nuclear physics, they postulated the existence of stars as dense as atomic nuclei and composed mainly of neutrons. Actively sought as X-ray sources, these neutron stars were eventually discovered fortuitously as radio pulsars in the late 1960s. Neutron stars are still nowadays the subject of many research studies. |
