Sofia V. Forsblom

Aug 7, 2024 | mdpi.com | Juri Poutanen |Sergey S Tsygankov |Sofia V. Forsblom

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Jun 17, 2024 | nature.com | Jeremy Heyl |Victor Doroshenko |Ilaria Caiazzo |Juri Poutanen |Sergey S Tsygankov |Matteo Bachetti | +62 more

AbstractIn an accreting X-ray pulsar, a neutron star accretes matter from a companion star through an accretion disk. The magnetic field of the rotating neutron star disrupts the inner edge of the disk, funnelling the gas to flow onto the poles on its surface. Hercules X-1 is a prototypical persistent X-ray pulsar about 7 kpc from Earth.