PSR J1311-3430: A heavyweight neutron star with a flyweight helium companion

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 760, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Romani, Roger W ^a   Filippenko, Alexei V ^b   Silverman, Jeffrey M ^b   Cenko, S Bradley ^b   Greiner, Jochen ^c   Rau, Arne ^c   Elliott, Jonathan ^c   Pletsch, Holger J ^d,e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^e LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

gamma rays: stars; pulsars: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870180781     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/760/2/L36     Document Type: Article

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