Rapid spin-up episodes in the wind-fed accreting pulsar GX 301-2

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 479, Issue 2 PART I, 1997, Pages 933-947

  Koh, Danny T ^a   Bildsten, Lars ^a,c   Chakrabarty, Deepto ^a,d   Nelson, Robert W ^a   Prince, Thomas A ^a   Vaughan, Brian A ^a   Finger, Mark H ^b,e   Wilson, Robert B ^b   Rubin, Bradley C ^b,f  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^f RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Binaries: close; Pulsars: individual (GX 301 2); Stars: rotation; X rays: stars

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744441533     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303929     Document Type: Article

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