Low-luminosity x-ray sources

我的研究小组将使用X射线望远镜来研究致密的死亡恒星残骸的行为。这些残骸，包括中子星(质量比太阳大，但只有一座城市那么大)和白矮星(质量比太阳大，但大小只有地球)，有时位于双星系统中，与一颗正常的恒星配对。我们将研究当残骸的强大引力将物质从正常恒星上拉下并落到它们的表面时产生的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其核心。

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.