Modeling pulse profiles of accreting millisecond pulsars
Astrophysics
2008-11-27 v1
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0809.2400,
title = {Modeling pulse profiles of accreting millisecond pulsars},
author = {Juri Poutanen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.2400},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
Invited review, to appear in the proceedings of the workshop 'A Decade of Accreting Millisecond X-ray Pulsars' (Amsterdam, April 2008)