The Zoo of X-ray Pulsars
Abstract
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I review some recent developments in the field of X-ray pulsars: the discovery of millisecond pulsations in the Low Mass Binary System SAX J1808.4-3658, the large number of transient Be systems discovered in the Magellanic Clouds and the enigmatic class of objects known as Anomalous X-ray Pulsars.
12 pages, latex, 1 figure, 2 tables Contains an updated list of X-ray pulsars in the Magellanic Clouds. Invited Talk presented at the Workshop Frontier Objects in Astrophysics and Particle Physics, Vulcano (Italy), May 22-27, 2000
12 pages, latex, 1 figure, 2 tables Contains an updated list of X-ray pulsars in the Magellanic Clouds. Invited Talk presented at the Workshop Frontier Objects in Astrophysics and Particle Physics, Vulcano (Italy), May 22-27, 2000