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Nature of Emission from Pulsar NP 0532

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THE pulsar NP 0532, situated in the Crab nebula, is the only object of its kind from which optical and X-radiation have been observed. As we shall see, this gives important information which can clarify the nature of NP 0532 and other pulsars.

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SHKLOVSKY, I. Nature of Emission from Pulsar NP 0532. Nature 225, 251–252 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225251a0

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