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Corequakes and the Vela Pulsar

Nature Physical Science volume 237, pages 83–84 (1972)Cite this article

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The speedups of the Vela pulsar can be explained by postulating the occurrence of corequakes in a solid core.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

    DAVID PINES & JACOB SHAHAM

  2. Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York

    MALVIN RUDERMAN

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PINES, D., SHAHAM, J. & RUDERMAN, M. Corequakes and the Vela Pulsar. Nature Physical Science 237, 83–84 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci237083a0

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