Gamma rays from "hidden" millisecond pulsars.
Abstract
The properties were studied of a new class of gamma ray sources consisting of millisecond pulsars totally or partially surrounded by evaporating material from irradiated companion stars. Hidden millisecond pulsars offer a unique possibility to study gamma ray, optical and radio emission from vaporizing binaries. The relevance of this class of binaries for GRO observations and interpretation of COS-B data is emphasized.
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series
- Pub Date:
- January 1993
- Bibcode:
- 1993A&AS...97..313T
- Keywords:
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- Companion Stars;
- Emission Spectra;
- Gamma Rays;
- Light Emission;
- Pulsars;
- Radio Emission;
- Eclipsing Binary Stars;
- Evaporation;
- Gamma Ray Astronomy;
- Gamma Ray Observatory;
- Irradiation;
- Stellar Mass Accretion;
- Vaporizing;
- Astrophysics