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We estimate the contribution of millisecond pulsars to the diffuse gamma-ray background of the Galaxy, and show that a significant fraction of the Galactic background may originate from them. A small number of the unidentified COS-B point sources may, in fact, be millisecond pulsars. It is argued that several hundred millisecond pulsars may be detectable as point sources by the GRO satellite
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Bhattacharya, D., Srinivasan, G. Gamma rays from millisecond pulsars. J Astrophys Astron 12, 17–25 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02709769
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