Sentences with phrase «other bright x-ray»
A ring, sharp jets, and other bright x-ray features surround the central neutron star in the Crab Nebula in this new image (left) from the orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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«Other researchers use x-rays to capture atomic motions, so no one thought we could ever develop a bright enough source based on electrons as they undergo electron - electron repulsion and would blow up without being able to capture an image on the incredibly short time scale required,» says Miller.
Argonne is home to the Advanced Photon Source (APS), the brightest x-ray synchrotron in the Western Hemisphere; the Mira supercomputer; and numerous other facilities.
The other part of the process, as explained in the paper, is using the high harmonic generation process to produce bright spatially coherent beams from a tabletop laser, spanning the range from the vacuum ultraviolet (wavelengths less than 200 nm) to the soft X-ray region of the spectrum (wavelengths less than 10 nm)
In other words, the bigger the stellar sparkler, the brighter it will glow in X-rays.
The tight BC pair is relatively bright in x-rays near their poles (and seems to be transferring mass), with each star passing in front of the other every three hours.
The astronomers also noticed that one side of the donor star was always brighter than the other because it was illuminated by X-rays coming from near the black hole.
The cocoon also explains other details of the event, such as the initial bright blue flash observed at ultraviolet and optical wavelengths, and the delay in the appearance of X-rays and radio waves.