Spin-down of radio millisecond pulsars at genesis

Science

Volumn 335, Issue 6068, 2012, Pages 561-563

  Tauris, Thomas M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COSMOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; MAGNETOSPHERE; MASS TRANSFER; RADIO WAVE; TORQUE; X-RAY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ENERGY; MILLISECOND PULSAR; NEUTRON; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; X RAY;

EID: 84856652373     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1216355     Document Type: Article

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