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Strong Gravitational Field Diagnostics in Binary Systems Containing a Compact Object

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Physics of Relativistic Objects in Compact Binaries: From Birth to Coalescence

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This chapter provides a short survey of two powerful diagnostic tools that can probe in situ the very strong gravitational field in the vicinity of accreting neutron stars and black holes. These are the fast quasi-periodic signals that are sometimes present in the X-ray flux of accreting compact objects and the very broad profiles of Fe K-shell lines that are observed in their X-ray spectra in a number of cases.

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  1. Department of Physics G. Occhialini, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 3, Milano, 20126, Italy

    Monica Colpi

  2. Astronomical Institute “Anton Pannekoek”, University of Amsterdam, Kruislaan 403, SJ Amsterdam, 1098, The Netherlands

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Stella, L. (2009). Strong Gravitational Field Diagnostics in Binary Systems Containing a Compact Object. In: Colpi, M., Casella, P., Gorini, V., Moschella, U., Possenti, A. (eds) Physics of Relativistic Objects in Compact Binaries: From Birth to Coalescence. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 359. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9264-0_7

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