Local pulsars: A note on the birth-velocity distribution

Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 19-33

  Blaauw, A ^a   Ramachandran, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Methods: statistical; Pulsars: general; Stars: neutron, kinematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032353605     PISSN: 02506335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02714889     Document Type: Article

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