X-Ray Views of Galactic Accreting Pulsars in High-Mass X-Ray Binaries

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Autores principales: Weng, Shan-Shan, Ji, Long
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author Weng, Shan-Shan
Ji, Long
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Ji, Long
contents Accreting X-ray pulsars, located in X-ray binaries, are neutron stars with magnetic fields as strong as $B\sim10^{12\text{--}13}$ G. This review offers a concise overview of the accretion and radiation processes of X-ray pulsars and summarizes their rich observational features, particularly focusing on complex and variable temporal phenomena, spectral properties, and evolution, the new window for X-ray polarimetry and multi-wavelength advances. We also briefly discuss other related systems, i.e., gamma-ray binaries and pulsating ultraluminous X-ray sources.
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spellingShingle X-Ray Views of Galactic Accreting Pulsars in High-Mass X-Ray Binaries
Weng, Shan-Shan
Ji, Long
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Accreting X-ray pulsars, located in X-ray binaries, are neutron stars with magnetic fields as strong as $B\sim10^{12\text{--}13}$ G. This review offers a concise overview of the accretion and radiation processes of X-ray pulsars and summarizes their rich observational features, particularly focusing on complex and variable temporal phenomena, spectral properties, and evolution, the new window for X-ray polarimetry and multi-wavelength advances. We also briefly discuss other related systems, i.e., gamma-ray binaries and pulsating ultraluminous X-ray sources.
title X-Ray Views of Galactic Accreting Pulsars in High-Mass X-Ray Binaries
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.17275