Rotational evolution of young pulsars due to superfluid decoupling

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 787-789

  Ho, Wynn C G ^a   Andersson, Nils ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF STATE;

EFFECTIVE MOMENT OF INERTIAS; MAGNETIC DIPOLE; NEUTRINO EMISSION; NUCLEAR EQUATION OF STATE; RADIO MONITORING; SIMPLE MODELING; SUPERFLUID PROPERTIES; YIELD MEASUREMENT;

PULSARS;

EID: 84868673259     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2424     Document Type: Article

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