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Article Contents
1 Introduction
2 Equation of state and numerical refinement
3 Spin-down sequence
4 Moment of inertia and gravitational mass
5 Thermodynamic consistency
6 Behaviour of the observable braking index
7 Initial period of PSR J0537-6910
8 Event Rate
9 Discussion
References

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