An ultramassive, fast-spinning white dwarf in a peculiar binary system

Science

Volumn 325, Issue 5945, 2009, Pages 1222-1223

  Mereghetti, S ^a   Tiengo, A ^a   Esposito, P ^a,b   La Palombara, N ^a   Israel, G L ^c   Stella, L ^c  

^a INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; HYDROGEN;

ACCELERATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; GRAVITY FIELD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR SYSTEM; X-RAY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DYNAMICS; ENERGY; GRAVITY; LUMINANCE; MAGNET; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEUTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SPACE; TRANSPORT KINETICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY;

EID: 69949185948     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1176252     Document Type: Article

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