A massive pulsar in a compact relativistic binary

Science

Volumn 340, Issue 6131, 2013, Pages 448-

  Antoniadis, John ^a   Freire, Paulo C C ^a   Wex, Norbert ^a   Tauris, Thomas M ^a,b   Lynch, Ryan S ^c   Van Kerkwijk, Marten H ^d   Kramer, Michael ^a,e   Bassa, Cees ^e   Dhillon, Vik S ^f   Driebe, Thomas ^g   Hessels, Jason W T ^h,i   Kaspi, Victoria M ^c   Kondratiev, Vladislav I ^h,j   Langer, Norbert ^b   Marsh, Thomas R ^k   McLaughlin, Maura A ^l   Pennucci, Timothy T ^m   Ransom, Scott M ⁿ   Stairs, Ingrid H ^o   Van Leeuwen, Joeri ^h,i   Verbiest, Joris P W ^a   Whelan, David G ^m   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^g GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^h ASTRON   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^j LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^l WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

ⁿ NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM;

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPACTION; GRAVITY FIELD; LABORATORY METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PREDICTION; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CALIBRATION; DEVICES; ENERGY RESOURCE; GRAVITY; MASS; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSAR J0348+0432; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROSCOPY; VELOCITY;

EID: 84876577835     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1233232     Document Type: Article

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