News: Research
An update on FT in Israel, by Boaz Ron-Zohar
I've been a High School physics teacher for 15 years, and live with my wife and my two kids in Kfar-Vradim, in West Galilee, Israel. I currently teach physics in two places:
Ulpanat Zvia Maalot - a high school for girls only.
Aheret - a “Projects Centre” in West Galilee for high school students.
X-ray Binaries Behave Like Cardiff Buses - the Proof !
After success last week in spotting an X-ray Binary (XRB) going into outburst, the FT Team and their collaborators have discovered another such system, Aquila X-1, also brightening dramatically.
Again, they were able to alert the wider astronomical community to this event, and if their theory that these outbursts are like buses (none for ages, then loads all at once !), they may well have more to report soon.
FT Contributes to New Observations of Active Black Hole
Recent observations of the X-ray Binary system, GX339-4, have alerted FT Team members and their colleagues to a new outburst of this enigmatic black hole system.
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