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M. H. van Kerkwijk
Researcher at University of Toronto
Publications - 192
Citations - 13951
M. H. van Kerkwijk is an academic researcher from University of Toronto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Neutron star & Pulsar. The author has an hindex of 52, co-authored 183 publications receiving 11762 citations. Previous affiliations of M. H. van Kerkwijk include Max Planck Society & California Institute of Technology.
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Observations of the companion to the pulsar PSR B1718-19 - The role of tidal circularisation
TL;DR: In this paper, the role of tidal circularization in the pulsar system was investigated, which will have transformed the initially eccentric orbit expected from formation scenarios into the nearly circular orbit presently observed.
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X-ray Spectroscopy of Thermally Emitting Neutron Stars
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy of surface emission from nearby, thermally emitting neutron stars, focusing on RX J0720.4-3125, RX J1308.6+2127, and RX J1605.3+3249, all of which have similar temperature but differ in the presence and strength of absorption features in their spectra.
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The mass and helium discrepancy in massive stars: the case Vela X-1.
TL;DR: In this paper, a NLTE analysis of high S/N spectra of the optical component of the standard massive X-ray binary Vela X-1 is presented, and the authors conclude that the optical star is highly helium enriched and is significantly overluminous compared to standard evolutionary tracks of massive accretion stars.
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PSR J1909-3744, a Binary Millisecond Pulsar with a Very Small Duty Cycle
B. A. Jacoby,Matthew Bailes,M. H. van Kerkwijk,Stephen M. Ord,Aidan Hotan,Aidan Hotan,Shrinivas R. Kulkarni,S. B. Anderson +7 more
TL;DR: The discovery of PSR J1909-3744, a 2.95 millisecond pulsar in a nearly circular 1.53 day orbit, was reported in this paper.