Accreting millisecond X-ray pulsars: recent developments

Authors
Publication date 21-10-2010
Journal Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Event XXVII IAU General Assembly, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Volume | Issue number 5 | H15
Pages (from-to) 121-125
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract It is now more than eleven years since the discovery of the first accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar. Since then, eleven additional systems have been found, two of them during the last year. Here I briefly discuss the most recent developments with respect to these systems.
Document type Article
Note ID: 424 Proceedings title: Highlights of astronomy. - Vol. 15: As presented at the XXVII IAU General Assembly, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2009 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Place of publication: Cambridge ISBN: 9781107005334 Editors: I.F. Corbett
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921310008495
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