全部 标题 作者
关键词 摘要

OALib Journal期刊
ISSN: 2333-9721
费用:99美元

查看量下载量

相关文章

更多...
Physics  1999 

Highlights from RXTE after 2.5 Years: Neutron-star Spins at KiloHertz Frequencies, Microquasars and More

Full-Text   Cite this paper   Add to My Lib

Abstract:

The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellite was launched on 30 December 1995. It has made substantial contributions pertaining to compact objects and their environs. Broad-band spectral and short-time-scale temporal studies are exploring the effects of General Relativity in the regime of strong gravity. We present a brief outline of the principal contributions and then give a general overview of two new areas of x-ray astronomy that have proven by RXTE to be very fruitful: accreting neutron stars with millisecond spin periods and microquasars. The former pertains to the spin evolution of low-mass x-ray binaries and the equations of state of neutron stars while the latter is lends insight to disk-jet interactions in galactic black-hole binary systems.

Full-Text

Contact Us

service@oalib.com

QQ:3279437679

WhatsApp +8615387084133