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Physical Society Colloquium
R. Rutledge
Department of Astronomy Neutron stars are the most compact objects known to exist in the universe. Their masses have been measured to exquisite precision, but there are no precise radius measurements. This stands in the way of making useful statements about the equation of state of neutron star matter. I will describe recent developments in the theory of neutron star emission in low mass X-ray binaries, and recent observations of these systems with the X-ray observatories Chandra and XMM, which lead us to an observational path forward to precision neutron star radius measurements.
Wednesday, October 30th 2002, 15:30 |