Modeling pulse profiles of accreting millisecond pulsars

Abstract

I review the basic observational properties of accreting millisecond pulsars that are important for understanding the physics involved in formation of their pulse profiles. I then discuss main effects responsible for shaping these profiles. Some analytical results that help to understand the results of simulations are presented. Constraints on the pulsar geometry and the neutron star equation of state obtained from the analysis of the pulse profiles are discussed.

Invited review, to appear in the proceedings of the workshop 'A Decade of Accreting Millisecond X-ray Pulsars' (Amsterdam, April 2008)

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