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The Delay Times of Type Ia Supernova by Heringer, E., Pritchet, C., Kerkwijk, M. H. van

“…The delay time distribution of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia; the time-dependent rate of SNe resulting from a burst of star formation) has been measured using…”
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CHIME Discovery of a Binary Pulsar with a Massive Nondegenerate Companion by Andersen, Bridget C., Fonseca, Emmanuel, McKee, J. W., Meyers, B. W., Luo, Jing, Tan, C. M., Stairs, I. H., Kaspi, Victoria M., Kerkwijk, M. H. van, Bhardwaj, Mohit, Boyle, P. J., Crowter, Kathryn, Demorest, Paul B., Dong, Fengqiu A., Good, Deborah C., Kaczmarek, Jane F., Leung, Calvin, Masui, Kiyoshi W., Naidu, Arun, Ng, Cherry, Patel, Chitrang, Pearlman, Aaron B., Pleunis, Ziggy, Rafiei-Ravandi, Masoud, Rahman, Mubdi, Ransom, Scott M., Smith, Kendrick M., Tendulkar, Shriharsh P.

“…Abstract Of the more than 3000 radio pulsars currently known, only ∼300 are in binary systems, and only five of these consist of young pulsars with massive…”
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Isolated neutron stars: magnetic fields, distances,and spectra by Kerkwijk, M H, Kaplan, D L

“…We present timing measurements, astrometry, and high-resolution spectra of a number of nearby, thermally emitting, isolated neutron stars. We use these to…”
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Evidence for a Massive Neutron Star from a Radial-velocity Study of the Companion to the Black-widow Pulsar PSR B1957+20 by van Kerkwijk, M. H, Breton, R. P, Kulkarni, S. R

“…The most massive neutron stars constrain the behavior of ultra-dense matter, with larger masses possible only for increasingly stiff equations of state. Here,…”
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Timing the Nearby Isolated Neutron Star RX J1856.5–3754 by van Kerkwijk, M. H, Kaplan, D. L

“…RX J1856.5-3754 is the X-ray brightest among the nearby isolated neutron stars. Its X-ray spectrum is thermal, and is reproduced remarkably well by a…”
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Merging white dwarfs and thermonuclear supernovae by van Kerkwijk, M. H.

“…Thermonuclear supernovae result when interaction with a companion reignites nuclear fusion in a carbonoxygen white dwarf, causing a thermonuclear runaway, a…”
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A Dense Companion to the Short-period Millisecond Pulsar Binary PSR J0636+5128 by Kaplan, D. L., Stovall, K., Kerkwijk, M. H. van, Fremling, C., Istrate, A. G.

“…PSR J0636+5128 is a millisecond pulsar in one of the most compact pulsar binaries known, with a 96 minute orbital period. The pulsar mass function suggests a…”
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Hubble Space Telescope Detection of the Millisecond Pulsar J2124−3358 and its Far-ultraviolet Bow Shock Nebula by Rangelov, B., Pavlov, G. G., Kargaltsev, O., Reisenegger, A., Guillot, S., van Kerkwijk, M. H., Reyes, C.

“…We observed the nearby millisecond pulsar J2124-3358 with the Hubble Space Telescope in broad far-UV (FUV) and optical filters. The pulsar is detected in both…”
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Spectral Sequences of Type Ia Supernovae. I. Connecting Normal and Subluminous SNe Ia and the Presence of Unburned Carbon by Heringer, E., Kerkwijk, M. H. van, Sim, S. A., Kerzendorf, W. E.

“…Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are generally agreed to arise from thermonuclear explosions of carbon-oxygen white dwarfs. The actual path to explosion, however,…”
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KOI 1224: A FOURTH BLOATED HOT WHITE DWARF COMPANION FOUND WITH KEPLER by BRETON, R. P, RAPPAPORT, S. A, VAN KERKWIJK, M. H, CARTER, J. A

“…We present an analysis and interpretation of the Kepler binary system KOI 1224. This is the fourth binary found with Kepler that consists of a thermally…”
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Measuring the mass of the black widow PSR J1555-2908 by Kennedy, M R, Breton, R P, Clark, C J, Mata Sánchez, D, Voisin, G, Dhillon, V S, Halpern, J P, Marsh, T R, Nieder, L, Ray, P S, van Kerkwijk, M H

“…ABSTRACT Accurate measurements of the masses of neutron stars are necessary to test binary evolution models, and to constrain the neutron star equation of…”
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An optical counterpart to the anomalous X-ray pulsar 4U0142+61 by van Kerkwijk, M. H, Hulleman, F, Kulkarni, S. R

“…The energy source of the anomalous X-ray pulsars (AXPs) is not understood, hence their designation as anomalous. Unlike binary X-ray pulsars, no companions are…”
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A Coherent Timing Solution for the Nearby Isolated Neutron Star RX J0720.4–3125 by Kaplan, D. L, van Kerkwijk, M. H

“…We present the results of a dedicated effort to measure the spin-down rate of the nearby isolated neutron star RX J0720.4-3125. Comparing arrival times of the…”
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Spectral Sequences of Type Ia Supernovae. II. Carbon as a Diagnostic Tool for Explosion Mechanisms by Heringer, E., Kerkwijk, M. H. van, Sim, S. A., Kerzendorf, W. E., Graham, Melissa L.

“…How an otherwise inert carbon-oxygen white dwarf can be made to explode as an SN Ia remains unknown. A promising test of theoretical models is to constrain the…”
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The Distance to the Isolated Neutron Star RX J0720.4–3125 by Kaplan, D. L, van Kerkwijk, M. H, Anderson, J

“…We have used a set of dedicated astrometric data from the Hubble Space Telescope to measure the parallax and proper motion of the nearby neutron star RX…”
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The relativistic pulsar-white dwarf binary PSRJ1738+0333 - I. Mass determination and evolutionary history by Antoniadis, J, van Kerkwijk, M. H, Koester, D, Freire, P. C. C, Wex, N, Tauris, T. M, Kramer, M, Bassa, C. G

“…PSR J1738+0333 is one of the four millisecond pulsars known to be orbited by a white dwarf companion bright enough for optical spectroscopy. Of these, it has…”
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Constraining the Spin-down of the Nearby Isolated Neutron Star RX J0806.4–4123, and Implications for the Population of Nearby Neutron Stars by Kaplan, D. L, van Kerkwijk, M. H

“…The nearby isolated neutron stars (INSs) are a group of seven relatively slowly rotating neutron stars that show thermal X-ray spectra, most with broad…”
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VLBA Measurement of the Transverse Velocity of the Magnetar XTE J1810–197 by Helfand, D. J, Chatterjee, S, Brisken, W. F, Camilo, F, Reynolds, J, van Kerkwijk, M. H, Halpern, J. P, Ransom, S. M

“…We have obtained observations of the magnetar XTE J1810-197 with the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) at two epochs separated by 106 days, at wavelengths of 6…”
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A Strong, Broad Absorption Feature in the X-Ray Spectrum of the Nearby Neutron Star RX J1605.3+3249 by van Kerkwijk, M. H, Kaplan, D. L, Durant, M, Kulkarni, S. R, Paerels, F

“…We present X-ray spectra taken with XMM-Newton of RX J1605.3+3249, the third brightest in the class of nearby thermally emitting neutron stars. In contrast to…”
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The Parallax and Proper Motion of RX J1856.5–3754 Revisited by Kaplan, D. L, van Kerkwijk, M. H, Anderson, J

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