The surprising Crab pulsar and its nebula: A review

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Buhler R ^a   Blandford, R ^b  

^a DESY   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crab nebula; gamma ray astronomy; pulsars

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MICROCLIMATE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SOLAR SYSTEM; STARS, CELESTIAL;

EID: 84902492707     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/77/6/066901     Document Type: Review

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