11/01/2022
By Lynne Schaufenbil
On Nov. 10 at 11 a.m. guest speaker, Pablo Reig will present, "Be/X-ray binaries."
"In this talk I review the main properties of Be/X-ray binaries. These binary systems consist of a neutron star orbiting a Be star, that is, a spectral type B star with an equatorial disk formed from material ejected from the star's photosphere. X-rays result from the accretion of material from this circumstellar disk by the neutron star. Virtually all BeXB are X-ray pulsars. I will discuss the observational evidence that supports the presence of truncated and warped disks as well as a method to estimate the critical X-ray luminosity from the observations."
SHORT BIO
See https://www.ia.forth.gr/index.php/people/Reig
1996: PhD in Physics, University of Valencia (optical and IR study of HMXB)
1996-1998: Post-doc at the University of Southampton (X-ray analysis of pulsars)
1998-2002: Post-doc (European Trining Network) at the Foundation for Research &
Technology-Hellas, FORTH (Crete, Greece)
2002-2004: Tenure track at the University of Valencia, which I abandoned to go
back to Crete
2004-present: Researcher C (Associate Researcher) --> Researcher B (Principal
Researcher) --> Researcher A (Research Director) at FORTH
If you are interested in attending, please email Lynne_Schaufenbil@uml.edu.