Are Pulsars Born as Slow Rotators? |
Contents
DISTRIBUTION PERPENDICULAR TO THE GALACTIC PLANE | 14 |
SYNCHROTRON NEBULAE AROUND PULSARS | 23 |
DISCUSSION | 26 |
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