Quasi-periodic oscillations in celestial X-ray sources
Abstract
Exosat observations of the X-ray sources and the discovery of QPOs of GX5-1 are discussed. Recent developments in X-ray astronomy are reviewed. Also, possible models to explain QPOs in X-ray sources are examined.
- Publication:
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Scientific American
- Pub Date:
- November 1988
- DOI:
- 10.1038/scientificamerican1188-50
- Bibcode:
- 1988SciAm.259e..50V
- Keywords:
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- Companion Stars;
- Galaxies;
- Neutron Stars;
- Power Spectra;
- Stellar Radiation;
- X Ray Sources;
- Exosat Satellite;
- Oscillations;
- Space Plasmas;
- Astrophysics