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Published Online May 15, 2008
Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1158738

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Submitted on April 14, 2008
Accepted on May 1, 2008

An Eccentric Pulsar: Result of a Threesome?

Edward P. J. van den Heuvel 1*

1 Astronomical Institute "Anton Pannekoek" and Center for High Energy Astrophysics, University of Amsterdam, 1098SJ Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106–4030, USA.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Edward P. J. van den Heuvel , E-mail: edvdh{at}science.uva.nl

Observation of an eccentric millisecond binary pulsar challenges the standard model of pulsar formation.


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