On the transition from accretion-powered to rotation-powered millisecond pulsars

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 723, Issue 1 PART 2, 2010, Pages

  Takata, J ^a   Cheng, K S ^a   Taam, Ronald E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Binaries: close; Magnetic fields; Stars: neutron

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EID: 78649270294     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/723/1/L68     Document Type: Article

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