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Timing Observations of the Crab Nebula Pulsar at the Arecibo Observatory

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Accurate radio observations of the Crab pulsar are used to examine the long-term slowing down of the pulsar and the more irregular perturbations in the periodicity.

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ROBERTS, J., RICHARDS, D. Timing Observations of the Crab Nebula Pulsar at the Arecibo Observatory. Nature Physical Science 231, 25–28 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci231025a0

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