Pulsar Physics

This section is the English-side mirror of the Chinese 脉冲星物理学 directory and now follows the same full structure based on the local .tmp-pdf/full.md source draft, rather than the earlier guide-style summary pages.

The main editorial work here is structural rather than interpretive:

• preserve the preface and the original 11-chapter backbone
• keep equations, figure references, and chapter order as completely as possible
• rewrite extracted image paths so the material works inside the docs site

Note: historical statistics, instrument status, and some OCR-era details are intentionally retained because the goal here is completeness of the extracted source. For up-to-date values, pair this section with modern reviews or databases.

Suggested reading order

1. Preface
2. Chapter 1. Discovery of Pulsars
3. Chapter 2. Pulsar Observing Techniques
4. Chapter 3. Formation of Neutron Stars
5. Chapter 4. Timing Properties of Pulsar Pulses
6. Chapter 5. Spin-down Power and the Magnetic Dipole Model
7. Chapter 6. Radiation Properties of Pulsars
8. Chapter 7. Radiation Mechanisms of Pulsars
9. Chapter 8. The Polar-cap Geometry Model
10. Chapter 9. Millisecond Pulsars and Binary Systems
11. Chapter 10. Evolution of Pulsars
12. Chapter 11. Pulsars and the Interstellar Medium

Who this section is for

• readers who want the full extracted chapter content rather than a short guide
• PSRUI users who want to place GUI terminology back into a broader physical context
• readers who want to compare this textbook flow with the separate Handbook of Pulsar Astronomy section

How this differs from Pulsar Basics

• Pulsar Basics is more workflow-oriented and explains the concepts you most often meet in the GUI first.
• This section now follows the extracted book chapter-by-chapter in much fuller detail.
• Handbook of Pulsar Astronomy remains a separate, more handbook-shaped path built from a different source.