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Millisecond X-ray Pulsars: 15 Years of Progress
Speaker: | Dr. Maurizio Falanga |
Affiliation: | International Space Science Institute, Switzerland |
Date: | Jul 14, 2017 (Friday) |
Time: | 11:00 a.m. |
Venue: | Room 522, 5/F, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building, HKU |
Abstract
Accreting Millisecond X-Ray Pulsars (AMXPs) are astrophysical laboratories without parallel in the study of extreme physics. In this talk I report the past fifteen years of discoveries in this field. I will summarize the pulsar evolutionary prediction; how young and slow rotating pulsars end as old recycled fast millisecond pulsars “recycling model”. This long predicted model has been finally confirmed observationally step by step in the 15 past years. In addition, I review all kind of astrophysics aspect observed in accretion these accreting millisecond X-ray pulsars.
Coffee and tea will be served 20 minutes prior to the seminar.
Anyone interested is welcome to attend.