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Small-Scale Structure Deduced from X- and γ-ray Timing Measurements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2016

M. Coleman Miller*
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, Department of Astronomy, College Park, MD, USA

Abstract

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X-ray timing observations of neutron stars and black holes are among the few available probes of ultrastrong magnetic fields, strong gravity, high densities, and the propagation of thermonuclear burning. Here we review the evidence for these effects revealed with data from the Rossi Explorer in the last five years. We also discuss the exciting prospects for making the first quantitative tests of strong-gravity general relativistic predictions with a large-area X-ray timing mission.

Type
Star Formation Regions and Outflow Processes in our Galaxy
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001 

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