The nature of the "6 second" and related X-ray pulsars: Evolutionary and dynamical considerations

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 478, Issue 2 PART I, 1997, Pages 713-722

  Ghosh, Pranab ^a   Angelini, L ^b,c   White, N E ^b  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaries: close; Pulsars: general; X rays: stars

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744460800     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303833     Document Type: Article

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