Recent results from the Japanese X-ray astronomy satellites

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986 · Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6738399

Tanaka, Y

Observations of neutron stars and their environments, and the emission and absorption of iron, obtained with the Hakucho and Tenma satellites, are examined. The characteristics of X-ray bursts, neutron stars, and accretion disks, in particular spectra, color and effective temperatures, blackbody temperature and radius, the emissivity factor, and the Eddington limit luminosity, are discussed. Consideration is given to the rapid burster discovered by Lewin et al. (1976) and potential blackhole sources. 43 references.

• Research Organization: Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
• OSTI ID: 6738399
• Report Number(s): CONF-841238-; TRN: 87-011280
• Journal Information: Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci.; (United States), Vol. 470; Conference: 12. Texas symposium of relativistic astrophysics, Jerusalem, Israel, 17 Dec 1984
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
COSMIC X-RAY BURSTS
NEUTRON STARS
X RADIATION
ABSORPTION SPECTRA
ACCRETION DISKS
BINARY STARS
BLACK HOLES
EMISSION SPECTRA
IRON
LUMINOSITY
COSMIC RAY SOURCES
COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTS
IONIZING RADIATIONS
METALS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
RADIATIONS
SPECTRA
STARS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
640102* - Astrophysics & Cosmology- Stars & Quasi-Stellar
Radio & X-Ray Sources