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A New Two-Fluid Radiation-Hydrodynamical Model for X-ray Pulsar Accretion Columns
Brent F. West, Kenneth D. Wolfram, Peter A. Becker
Previous research centered on the hydrodynamics in X-ray pulsar accretion columns has largely focused on the single-fluid model, in which the super-Eddington luminosity inside the…
Dynamical and Radiative Properties of X-ray Pulsar Accretion Columns: Phase-Averaged Spectra
Brent F. West, Kenneth D. Wolfram, Peter A. Becker
The availability of the unprecedented spectral resolution provided by modern X-ray observatories is opening up new areas for study involving the coupled formation of the continuum…
Understanding the Last Mile - Physics of the Accretion Column
Peter Kretschmar, Peter A. Becker, Dipankar Bhattacharya +17
Accreting X-ray pulsars are among the best observed objects of X-ray astronomy with a rich data set of observational phenomena in the spectral and timing domain. While the general…
Comptonization and the Spectra of Accretion-Powered X-Ray Pulsars
Michael T. Wolff, Peter A. Becker, Kenneth D. Wolfram
Accretion-powered X-ray pulsars are among the most luminous X-ray sources in the Galaxy. However, despite decades of theoretical and observational work since their discovery, no sa…