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Rapidly Pulsing Radio Sources

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The gravitational lens effect associated with a neutron star binary gives results which agree well with recent observations of a new class of rapidly pulsing radio sources. Further tests of the theory are proposed.

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SASLAW, W., FAULKNER, J. & STRITTMATTER, P. Rapidly Pulsing Radio Sources. Nature 217, 1222–1227 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2171222a0

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