ON THE TRANSITION FROM ACCRETION-POWERED TO ROTATION-POWERED MILLISECOND PULSARS
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عنوان ژورنال: The Astrophysical Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2041-8205,2041-8213
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/723/1/l68