Discovery of the accretion-powered millisecond pulsar swift j1756.9-2508 with a low-mass companion

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 668, Issue 2 PART 2, 2007, Pages

  Krimm, H A ^a,b   Markwardt, C B ^a,c   Deloye, C J ^d   Romano, P ^e,f   Chakrabarty, D ^g   Campana, S ^e   Cummings, J R ^a,h   Galloway, D K ⁱ   Gehrels, N ^a   Hartman, J M ^g   Kaaret, P ^j   Morgan, E H ^g   Tueller, J ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Binaries: Close; Pulsars: General; Stars: Neutron; White Dwarfs; X Rays: Binaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749158462     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522959     Document Type: Article

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