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The catastrophic collapse of a star probably results in a “bouncing-core” configuration rather than a neutron star. Bouncing-cores explain many of the properties of pulsars in a more natural way than rotating neutron stars.
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HARRISON, E. Bouncing-core Theory of Pulsars. Nature 225, 44–46 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225044a0
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