Galactic X-rays observed with X-ray astronomy satellite `Hakucho'
Abstract
Highlights of the results obtained with Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite ‘Hakucho’ are reviewed. After a brief account of instrumentation (Section 2), some new features of non-bursting, non-pulsating objects are presented (Sections 3 5). The main part of the present review is devoted for X-ray bursts which are found more complex than one might have thought (Sections 6 11). The observation of X-ray pulsar, including a change of spin rate of Vela X-1, is described (Section 12). The main results obtained in the first two years are summarized in Section 13.
- Publication:
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Space Science Reviews
- Pub Date:
- September 1981
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00229297
- Bibcode:
- 1981SSRv...29..221H
- Keywords:
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- Galactic Radiation;
- Satellite Observation;
- Spaceborne Astronomy;
- X Ray Astronomy;
- Galactic Nuclei;
- Japanese Space Program;
- Light Curve;
- Novae;
- Pulsars;
- Time Response;
- X Ray Stars;
- Space Radiation