Conversion of neutron stars to strange stars as a possible origin of γ-ray bursts

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1210-1213

  Cheng, K S ^a   Dai, Z G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 3943058654     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.1210     Document Type: Article

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