Using Relativistic Raytracing &X-Rays To See Detail on Surface Of Neutron Star

Neutron Stars are so small and distant that no conventional telescope could ever resolve their surfaces, but by using precise X-Ray timing and energy information it's possible to build models of the neutron star and figure out what the surface must look like.
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Most of the diagrams are from the paper:

NICER VIEW OF PSR J0030+0451: MILLISECOND PULSAR PARAMETER ESTIMATIONT. E. Riley,1A. L. Watts,1S. Bogdanov,2P. S. Ray,3R. M. Ludlam,4, 5S. Guillot,6, 7Z. Arzoumanian,8C. L. Baker,9A. V. Bilous,1D. Chakrabarty,10K. C. Gendreau,8A. K. Harding,11W. C. G. Ho,12, 13J. M. Lattimer,14S. M. Morsink,15and T. E. Strohmayer
Available at: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1912.05702.pdf
This is one of several papers on NICER in the latest issue of the Astronomical Journal Letters

https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/2041-8205

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