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X-ray Astronomy and Astrophysics

X-ray Astronomy and Astrophysics: In this closing lecture, Professor Lewin talks about some of the highlights from his early days at MIT. It began with balloon flights at very high altitude to make observations of the stars in X-rays. This led to discoveries of X-ray flaring events and a periodic X-ray source (GX 1+4). In the seventies and eighties he made important contributions to our understanding of X-ray bursts (thermo-nuclear fusion episodes on neutron stars).

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  1. Introduction to Introduction to Astrophysics
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