LAXPC instrument onboard AstroSat: Five exciting years of new scientific results specially on X-ray Binaries
arXiv:2102.06465 · doi:10.1007/s12036-021-09717-3
Abstract
With its large effective area at hard X-rays, high time resolution and having co-aligned other instruments, AstroSat/LAXPC was designed to usher in a new era in rapid variability studies and wide spectral band measurements of the X-ray binaries. Over the last five years, the instrument has successfully achieved to a significant extent these Science goals. In the coming years, it is poised to make more important discoveries. This paper highlights the primary achievements of AstroSat/LAXPC in unraveling the behavior of black hole and neutron star systems and discusses the exciting possibility of the instrument's contribution to future science.
arXiv comment18 pages, 12 figures, 1 table, Accepted for publication in The Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy
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