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020 _a9780521535342
040 _cIIT Kanpur
041 _aeng
082 _a523.874
_bL891h
100 _aLorimer, D. R.
245 _aHandbook of pulsar astronomy
_bcambridge observing handbooks for research astronomers
_cD. R. Lorimer and M. Kramer
260 _bCambridge University Press
_c2005
_aCambridge
300 _aix, 301p
440 _aCambridge observing handbooks for research astronomers
490 _a/ edited by Richard Ellis ...[et al.]
_v; no.4
500 _aCOHRA
520 _aRadio pulsars are rapidly rotating, highly magnetized neutron stars. This comprehensive book brings together key observational techniques, background information and a review of the latest results, including the recent discovery of a double pulsar system. Useful software tools are provided to analyze example data, made available on a related website. The work will be of great value to graduate students and researchers wishing to carry out and interpret a wide variety of radio pulsar observations.
650 _aPulsars -- Handbooks, Manuals
700 _aKramer, M.
942 _cBK
999 _c567148
_d567148