Rapid photometry of supernova 1987A: A 2.14 ms pulsar?

New Astronomy

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 243-283

  Middleditch, John ^a   Kristian, Jerome A ^b   Kunkel, William E ^b   Hill, Kym M ^c   Watson, Robert D ^c   Lucinio, Richard ^d   Imamura, James N ^e   Steiman Cameron, Thomas Y ^f   Shearer, Andrew ^g   Butler, Raymond ^g   Redfern, Michael ^g   Danks, Anthony C ^h  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^f NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^h NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

95.75.Wx; 97.60.Bw; 97.60.Gb; 97.60.Jd; Pulsars: general; Pulsars: individual: PSR1987A; Stars: neutron; Supernovae: individual: SN1987A

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001286147     PISSN: 13841076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1384-1076(00)00024-5     Document Type: Article

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