Neutron star mass and radius measurements from atmospheric model fits to X-ray burst cooling tail spectra
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عنوان ژورنال: Astronomy & Astrophysics
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0004-6361,1432-0746
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731082