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Accreting Millisecond X-Ray Pulsars

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arxiv 1206.2727 v4 pith:7LYIKSSU submitted 2012-06-13 astro-ph.HE

A. Patruno (Leiden/ASTRON) , A. L. Watts (Univ. Amsterdam) This is my paper · ORCID
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Accreting Millisecond X-Ray Pulsars (AMXPs) are astrophysical laboratories without parallel in the study of extreme physics. In this chapter we review the past fifteen years of discoveries in the field. We summarize the observations of the fifteen known AMXPs, with a particular emphasis on the multi-wavelength observations that have been carried out since the discovery of the first AMXP in 1998. We review accretion torque theory, the pulse formation process, and how AMXP observations have changed our view on the interaction of plasma and magnetic fields in strong gravity. We also explain how the AMXPs have deepened our understanding of the thermonuclear burst process, in particular the phenomenon of burst oscillations. We conclude with a discussion of the open problems that remain to be addressed in the future.

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