Accretion-powered Pulsars

5/13/99


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Table of Contents

Accretion-powered Pulsars

Discovery

Orbital Pulse Modulations of X-Ray Pulsars

Basic Mechanism

Disk-Fed Systems

Wind-Fed Systems

Wind-Fed Systems, continued

Be Star/Pulsar Systems

Observed Outburst Behavior

Observed Outburst Behavior, continued

Our Current Understanding

Bursting Pulsar

Bursting Pulsar, Continued

Her X-1: Super-cycles

Corbet Diagram

Dates of Discovery

Timeline of Important Missions

Author: Space Science

Home Page: http://heseweb.nrl.navy.mil/gamma/dap-aps/

Other information:
Accretion-powered Pulsars by Mark Finger & Matt Scott (USRA),Colleen Wilson & Robert Wilson (NASA/MSFC) and Pete Woods (UAH) gif,1/2 screen