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A SEARCH for pulsed gamma ray emission from NP 0532 has been carried out with a balloon-borne experiment using a spark chamber as the central detector. This pulsar, situated in the Crab Nebula, is already known to pulsate in the radio, optical and X-ray range1–5.
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VASSEUR, J., PAUL, J., PARLIER, B. et al. Possible Pulsed Gamma Ray Emission above 50 MeV from the Crab Pulsar. Nature 226, 534–535 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/226534a0
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