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Discovery of X-ray pulsations from a massive star

Huenemoerder, David P.; Ignace, Richard; Hamann, Wolf-Rainer +4 more

X-ray emission from stars much more massive than the Sun was discovered only 35 years ago. Such stars drive fast stellar winds where shocks can develop, and it is commonly assumed that the X-rays emerge from the shock-heated plasma. Many massive stars additionally pulsate. However, hitherto it was neither theoretically predicted nor observed that …