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Main Science Interests |
 Astrophysics (understand....)
compact objects, accretion discs, stellar
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Astronomy (observe....)
X-ray, optical, infrared |
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Atomic Spectroscopy (diagnose....)
plasma diagnostics, very high magnetic fields,
gravitational effects |
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Space Science (explore....)
X-ray missions, telescope & instrument development
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Focus of Research |
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 X-ray Binaries
LMXBs, HMXBs, Be-type, black hole candidates, binary pulsars, transients, accretion mechnisms, ADCs, X-ray bursts, Comptonization
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Neutron Stars
isolated, accreting, pulsars, atmospheres, synchrotron emission |
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Star Forming Regions
Very young open stellar clusters, Bok globules, PMS stars, luminosity functions
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X-ray telescopes
X-ray mirror development, X-ray detectors, instrument
calibration
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