Author: Peter Gustaaf JonkerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Probing Low-mass X-ray Binaries with X-ray Timing
Author: Peter Gustaaf JonkerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Probing Low-mass X-ray Binaries Withj X-ray Timing
Author: Probing Low-mass X-rays Binaries with X-ray Timing
Author: Peter G. JonkerSpectra and Timing of Compact X-ray Binaries
Author: Pranab GhoshPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gamma ray astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
X-ray Binaries
Author: Walter H. G. LewinPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521599344
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
X-ray binaries are some of the most varied and perplexing systems known to astronomers. The compact object which accretes mass from its companion star may be a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole, whereas the donor star can be a 'normal' star or a white dwarf. The various combinations differ widely in their behaviour, and this timely volume provides a unique reference of our knowledge to date of all of them.Fifteen specially written chapters by a team of the world's foremost researchers in the field explore all aspects of the X-ray binaries. They cover the X-ray, ultraviolet, optical and radio properties of these violent systems and address key issues such as: how were these systems formed, and what will be their fate; how can we understand X-ray bursts, and how the quasi-periodic oscillations; what is the connection between millisecond radio pulsars and low-mass X-ray binaries; and how does the magnetic field of a neutron star decay?This long awaited review provides graduate students and researchers with the standard reference on X-ray binaries for many years to come.
X-ray Timing Studies of Low-mass X-ray Binaries
Author: Jeroen HomanPublisher:
ISBN: 9789090146195
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
The Evolution of Galactic X-Ray Binaries
Author: J. TruemperPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9789401085410
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
The idea to hold a conference on the Evolution of Close-Binary X-ray sources grew in the summer of 1984. At that time we were hoping that some new results would be harvested in the months to come which would stimulate further work. We were particularly looking towards the Euro pean X-ray Observatory, EXOSAT, for new contributions. How lucky we were; quite unexpected developments took place. Just prior to the conference, quasi-periodic oscillations (now known as QPO) were discovered in three bright low-mass X-ray binaries: GX 5-1, Sco X-1, and Cyg X-2. They played an important role at the meeting. The possibility that QPOs imply a neutron star magnetic dipole field, and a neutron star rotation period in the millisecond range, received a lot of attention. This is not surprising, as it lends support to the idea, suggested earlier, that the 6-msec binary radio pulsar PSR 1953+29 evolved from a stage in which it was a bright low-mass X-ray binary. There was special interest in the possibility of white dwarf collapse into a neutron star. This is a. particularly attractive way to form the bright low-mass X-ray binaries, often referred to as galactic bulge sources. It would allow for the possibility of a very young neutron star in a very old binary system. The relatively high magnetic fields that one could infer from QPO could then be explained.
Compact Stellar X-ray Sources
Author: Walter LewinPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139451774
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 667
Book Description
X-ray astronomy is the prime available window on astrophysical compact objects: black holes, neutron stars and white dwarfs. In this book, prominent experts provide a comprehensive overview of the observations and astrophysics of these objects. This is a valuable reference for graduate students and active researchers.
Spectral and Temporal Behavior of Low Mass X-ray Binaries Observed with the Einstein SSS and MPC, and the Broad Band X-ray Telescope
Author: Damian Joseph ChristianPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Double stars
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
X-ray Spectroscopy of Low-mass X-ray Binaries
Author: Adrienne Marie JuettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
(Cont.) High-resolution X-ray studies of ISM absorption features can provide measurements of the relative abundances and ionization fractions of all the elements from carbon through iron. X- ray studies also probe the ISM on larger scales than is possible in the optical and ultraviolet wavebands. I present high-resolution spectroscopy of the oxygen K-shell ISM absorption edge in seven X-ray binaries using Chandra. The best-fit model consists of two absorption edges and five Gaussian absorption lines and can be explained by the recent theoretical calculations of K-shell absorption by neutral and ionized atomic oxygen. Significant oxygen features from dust or molecular components, suggested in previous studies, are not required by the Chandra spectra. These measurements also probe large-scale properties of the ISM, placing a limit on the velocity dispersion of the neutral lines of less than 200 km s-1 and constraining the interstellar ratio of O II/O I to approximately 0.1 and the ratio of O III/O I to less than 0.1.