Physical Environment of Accreting Neutron Stars

Neutron stars (NSs) powered by accretion, which are known as accretion-powered NSs, always are located in binary systems and manifest themselves as X-ray sources. Physical processes taking place during the accretion of material from their companions form a challenging and appealing topic, because of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: J. Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Advances in Astronomy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3424565