Grand unification of neutron stars

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 7147-7152

  Kaspi, Victoria M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pulsars: general; Stars: neutron; X rays: stars

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMOS; ENERGY; IMAGING; LUMINANCE; MAGNETISM; NEUTRON; PERIODICITY; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; X RAY;

EID: 77952118648     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1000812107     Document Type: Review

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