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Spin Down Effects in Neutron Stars

Nature volume 222, pages 862–863 (1969)Cite this article

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THE discovery1–3 that pulsar periods are continually increasing has been fairly widely accepted as convincing evidence that the pulsar clock mechanism is based on the rotation of a neutron star. We wish to discuss within the framework of this model the sudden decrease of the period of PSR 0833–45 during the week February 24 to March 3, 1969 (ref. 4).

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  1. Belfer Graduate School of Science, Yeshiva University, New York

    GEORGE S. GREENSTEIN

  2. Belfer Graduate School of Science, Yeshiva University, New York

    A. G. W. CAMERON

  3. Institute for Space Studies, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, New York

    A. G. W. CAMERON

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GREENSTEIN, G., CAMERON, A. Spin Down Effects in Neutron Stars. Nature 222, 862–863 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222862b0

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