... of Physics Emeritus MIT speaking on “The Instrumental Life of An X-Ray Astronomer: Chasing Neutron Stars and Black Holes ... Though he did not know it early on, he was looking mostly at neutron stars and black holes. ...
... Since the 1970s, space-born X-ray observatories have shed light on a variety of exotic objects from neutron stars in our own Milky Way to supermassive black holes at the center of distant galaxies. ...
... He founded and continues a leadership role in the CDMS detector Monte Carlo group through its studies of the experiment's novel gamma/neutron detectors. ...
... particular the weak force allows transformation of proton to neutrons, and allows complex elements * Lumpiness in matter, as it ... Neutrons are heavier than protons (.012%) * Reality is 3 dimensional. ...
... Hydrogen is a particularly good neutron scattering substance because the nucleus of hydrogen atom is a single proton, which has substantially the same mass as a neutron. ...
... Recent observations of neutron stars during X-ray novae hint that the thermonuclear explosion on their surfaces may excite waves in the neutron star atmosphere with frequencies of about one cycle per second. ...
... He founded and continues a leadership role in the CDMS detector Monte Carlo group through its studies of the experiment’s novel gamma/neutron detectors. ...