Low-luminosity x-ray sources

我的研究小组将使用x射线望远镜来研究死亡恒星密集残留物的行为。这些残余物，包括中子星（比太阳大，但有一座城市那么大）和白矮星（和太阳一样大，但和地球一样大），有时位于双星系统中，与一颗正常的恒星配对。我们将研究残骸的强大引力将物质从正常恒星上拉下来并落在它们表面时产生的x射线。研究中子星表面的x射线也可以为中子星的内部组成提供线索，揭示是否有更多的外来粒子聚集在它们的核心。

My research group will use X-ray telescopes to study the behavior of the dense remnants of dead stars. These remnants, including neutron stars (more massive as the Sun, but the size of a city) and white dwarfs (as massive as the Sun, but the size of the Earth) are sometimes located in binary systems, paired with a normal star. We will study the X-rays generated as the remnants' strong gravity pulls material off the normal stars and down onto their surfaces. Studying X-rays from the surface of neutron stars can also provide hints to the interior composition of the neutron stars, revealing whether more exotic particles congregate in their cores.