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astro-ph2007★ 56 cited
The birth properties of Galactic millisecond radio pulsars
Lilia Ferrario, Dayal Wickramasinghe
We model the population characteristics of the sample of millisecond pulsars within a distance of 1.5kpc.We find that for a braking index n=3, the birth magnetic field distribution…
astro-ph2005
Time dependent non-LTE calculations of ionisation in the early universe
R. Wehrse, D. T. Wickramasinghe, Romeel Davé
We present a new implicit numerical algorithm for the calculation of the time dependent non-Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium of a gas in an external radiation field that is accurate…
astro-ph2001
Could Edge-Lit Type Ia Supernovae be Standard Candles
Eniko Regos, Christopher A. Tout, Dayal Wickramasinghe +2
The progenitors of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) have not been identified. Though they are no longer fashionable we investigate the consequences if a significant number of SNe Ia wer…