Abstract
Pulsars provide useful diagnostics of isolated neutron stars, because the timing information allows many physical parameters to be derived. This brief review describes some of the X-ray and gamma-ray properties of pulsars.
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Thompson, D.J. (1998). X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Observations of Isolated Neutron Stars. In: Koyama, K., Kitamoto, S., Itoh, M. (eds) The Hot Universe. International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 188. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4970-9_27
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