Study of measured pulsar masses and their possible conclusions

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 527, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, C M ^a   Wang, J ^a   Zhao, Y H ^a   Yin, H X ^b   Song, L M ^c   Menezes, D P ^d   Wickramasinghe, D T ^e   Ferrario, L ^e   Chardonnet, P ^f  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

pulsars: general; stars: neutron

Indexed keywords

BINARY PULSARS; EMPIRICAL RELATIONS; EQUATION OF STATE; MASS AVERAGE; MEAN VALUES; MILLISECOND PULSARS; NEUTRON STARS; NUCLEAR MATTERS; PULSARS: GENERAL; QUARK MATTER; RADIO PULSARS; SPIN-UP; STARS: NEUTRON; WHITE DWARFS; X RAY BINARIES;

EQUATIONS OF STATE; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; NEUTRONS; RECYCLING;

STARS;

EID: 79551537944     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015532     Document Type: Article

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