Observation of a long-term spin-up trend in 4U 1538-52

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 488, Issue 1 PART I, 1997, Pages 413-418

  Rubin, B C ^a,b   Finger, M H ^c,d,e   Scott, D M ^c,d   Wilson, R B ^c  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^e CGRO Science Support Center

Author keywords

Pulsars: individual (4U 1538 52); Stars: neutron; Stars: rotation; X rays: stars

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944442548     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/304679     Document Type: Article

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