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Identified and studied remarkably regular radio pulses from an astronomical source, opening a new way to investigate compact stars.
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Scientific scope
The observations began in 1967; 1968 is the paper. Jocelyn Bell Burnell’s detection and the full five-author team remain visible.
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- Observation of a Rapidly Pulsating Radio Source
- Observation of a Rapidly Pulsating Radio Source — deposited bibliography
- Cavendish Laboratory: observatory and discovery roles
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People and systems
Antony Hewish; Jocelyn Bell Burnell; J. D. H. Pilkington; P. F. Scott; R. A. Collins
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Interplanetary Scintillation Array at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Lord’s Bridge, Cambridge; 1967 detection and 1968 publication.
English catalogue narrative
Bell Burnell and the Cambridge team: discovering pulsars
Identified and studied remarkably regular radio pulses from an astronomical source, opening a new way to investigate compact stars.
Scientific scope
The observations began in 1967; 1968 is the paper. Jocelyn Bell Burnell’s detection and the full five-author team remain visible.
Reading status
This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
Antony Hewish; Jocelyn Bell Burnell; J. D. H. Pilkington; P. F. Scott; R. A. Collins
Full deposited paper byline or identified author of the scoped historical source. Association does not measure individual effort.