Speaker
Prof.
Biswajit Paul
(RRI, Bangalore)
Description
We will discuss several interesting aspects of neutron stars that we have pursued over the years along with some very recent results. These include accretion torque, orbital evolution of binary X-ray stars and orbital glitches, quasi-periodic oscillations, self absorption in X-ray pulsars, cyclotron lines in X-ray pulsars, thermonuclear X-ray bursts and their reprocessing etc. We will also discuss some of the important aspects of neutron stars that will be probed in greater detail with ASTROSAT and an X-ray polarimeter and potential use of X-ray pulsars for deep space navigation.
