Helium-rich thermonuclear bursts and the distance to the accretion-powered millisecond pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 652, Issue 1 I, 2006, Pages 559-568

  Galloway, Duncan K ^a,b   Cumming, Andrew ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pulsars: individual (SAX J1808.4 3658); Stars: distances; Stars: neutron; X rays: bursts

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845346433     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507598     Document Type: Article

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