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X-WR-CALNAME: IAC Talks: Open Astronomy Seminars
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CREATED:2013-11-28T10:30:00+00:00
X-WR-CALDESC: IAC Talks upcomming talks
SUMMARY: Strong gravity, dense matter -- probing compact objects 
DESCRIPTION: Strong gravity, dense matter -- probing compact objects \nProf
 . Michiel van der Klis\n\nThe matter within a few Schwarzschild radii of a
 ccreting neutron stars and black holes is moving under the influence of a 
 strong gravitational field, and, in stellar mass compact objects, through 
 strongly curved spacetime. The X-rays emitted in the accretion process can
  be used to diagnose this motion, using both spectroscopy and rapid time v
 ariability. Similarly, X-rays emitted from the surface of accreting neutro
 n stars can be used to diagnose neutron star mass, radius and even interna
 l structure. I discuss these ways to probe strong gravitational fields and
  ultradense matter from an empirical perspective and in the context of pro
 posed future X-ray observatories, in particular, LOFT.
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