A 2.1 M⊙ pulsar measured by relativistic orbital decay

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 634, Issue 2 I, 2005, Pages 1242-1249

  Nice, David J ^a   Splaver, Eric M ^a   Stairs, Ingrid H ^b   Löhmer, Oliver ^c   Jessner, Axel ^c   Kramer, Michael ^d   Cordes, James M ^e  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e Department of Astronomy   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaries: general; Gravitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244475721     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497109     Document Type: Article

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