An x-ray nebula associated with the millisecond pulsar B1957+20

Science

Volumn 299, Issue 5611, 2003, Pages 1372-1374

  Stappers, B W ^a,b   Gaensler, B M ^c   Kaspi, V M ^d,e   Van der Klis, M ^b   Lewin, W H G ^e  

^a ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; WIND;

X-RAY NEBULA;

X RAYS;

MAGNETIC FIELD; WIND;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ENERGY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037470531     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1079841     Document Type: Article

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