Is GRO J1744-28 a strange star?

Science

Volumn 280, Issue 5362, 1998, Pages 407-409

  Cheng, K S ^a   Dai, Z G ^b   Wei, D M ^c   Lu, T ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d CCAST WORLD LABORATORY   (China)

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ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

EID: 0032540425     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5362.407     Document Type: Article

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