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Pulsars

Book ·
OSTI ID:6581440

A comprehensive introduction to the subject of pulsars is provided, and a reasonably complete review of the state of pulsar research at the present time is given. General properties of pulsars, characteristics of integrated pulse profiles, characteristics of individual pulses, the Crab nebular and its pulsar, x-ray pulsars and binary systems, pulse timing observations, pulsars as probes of the interstellar medium, pulsar statistics and the galactic distribution, the rotating neutron star model, and pulse emission mechanisms are treated. 350 references. (JFP)

OSTI ID:
6581440
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English