Her X-1 (Hercules X-1)

Her X-1 (Hercules X-1) In January, 1972, Her X-1 was the 2nd binary pulsar discovered. It has important similarities to Cen X-3: Close binary system that has about 15% of orbit in eclipse (1.7 d orbit) Slowly rotating pulsar (1.23 sec) Accelerating rotation: pulsar spinning faster with time I was responsible for the analysis of the data from [...]

Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview The Secret of the Pulsars: Discovery of the Dark Matter in the Milky Way Galaxy What Causes Stars to Explode / Dark Matter / Binary Stars Preface: (Please see the links in the Pages section (below the Recent Posts section) on the right hand side of this page for direct reference to [...]