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Nature 393, 121-122 (14 May 1998) | doi:10.1038/30108
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Tenure-track Faculty Positions
- University of Michigan
- Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Professor of Experimental Virology (W3)
- University Hospital Jena, Institute of Virology and Antivirale Therapy
- Jena, Germany
Neutron stars: How pulsars get their spins
Adam Burrows1
A supernova explosion announces the spectacular death of a star heavier than about eight solar masses. Its brightness can rival that of its host galaxy, and its total explosion energy is a prodigious 1051 ergs.
- Adam Burrows is in the Department of Astronomy, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA.
e-mail: Email: burrows@jupiter.as.Arizona.edu
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