HIGH-VELOCITY PULSARS IN THE GALACTIC HALO

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作者
EICHLER, D
SILK, J
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,CTR PARTICLE ASTROPHYS,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[2] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,DEPT ASTRON,BERKELEY,CA 94720
[3] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,DEPT PHYS,BERKELEY,CA 94720
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10.1126/science.257.5072.937
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
It is proposed that high-velocity pulsars are produced in extended galactic halos, and possibly in extragalactic space, from primordial (population III) stars. Such a population of neutron stars could provide an explanation for the gamma-ray bursters and would then accommodate the possibility that most bursters are not in the visible parts of galaxies.
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