Absorption features in the X-ray spectrum of an ordinary radio pulsar

Science

Volumn 337, Issue 6097, 2012, Pages 946-949

  Kargaltsev, Oleg ^a,e   Durant, Martin ^a   Misanovic, Zdenka ^b   Pavlov, George G ^c,d  

^a Department of Astronomy 222 Bryant Space Science Center University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PETER THE GREAT ST PETERSBURG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; X-RAY;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRUM; X RAY;

EID: 84865281093     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1221378     Document Type: Article

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