Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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A New Class of Radio Pulsars---Back in 1982 |
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The Discovery of the First Accretion-driven Millisecond X-ray Pulsar |
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COHERENT STUDIES OF AMXPS |
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Coherent Timing Analysis of Accreting Millisecond Pulsars |
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17 | (8) |
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Motion of the Hot Spot and Spin Torque in Accreting Millisecond Pulsars |
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25 | (8) |
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A Possible Explanation for the Orbital Evolution of SAX J1808.4-3658 |
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33 | (5) |
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The Long-term Timing of SAX J1808.4-3658 |
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38 | (5) |
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Timing Analysis and Spin Evolution of Accreting Millisecond X-ray Pulsars: The Strange Case of XTE J1807-294 |
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43 | (4) |
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Does the Accreting Millisecond Pulsar XTE J1814-338 Precess? |
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47 | (4) |
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Enlightening Differences in AMSPs Behavior: XTE J1751-305 vs. XTE J1814-338 |
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51 | (4) |
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Breaking the AMSP Mould: The Increasingly Strange Case of HETE J1900.1-2455 |
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55 | (8) |
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Intermittent Accreting Millisecond Pulsars: Lighthouses with Broken Lamps? |
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63 | (4) |
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The Spin Distribution of Millisecond X-ray Pulsars |
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67 | (10) |
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Modeling Pulse Profiles of Accreting Millisecond Pulsars |
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77 | (10) |
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Modeling of Disk-star Interaction: Different Regimes of Accretion and Variability |
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87 | (8) |
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Three-dimensional Simulations of Accretion to Stars with Complex Magnetic Fields |
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95 | (4) |
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Rayleigh-Taylor-Unstable Accretion and Variability of Magnetized Stars: Global Three-dimensional Simulations |
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99 | (4) |
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Modeling the Outburst Profile of X-ray Millisecond Pulsars |
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103 | (14) |
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THE CONNECTION WITH MILLISECOND RADIO PULSARS |
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Millisecond Radio Pulsars and Their Relatives |
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117 | (8) |
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Search for Radio Pulsations in Amxps |
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125 | (5) |
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The Observed Spin Distributions of Millisecond Radio and X-ray Pulsars |
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130 | (7) |
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MAGNETIC FIELD EVOLUTION OF ACCRETING NEUTRON STARS |
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Magnetic Evolution of Accreting Neutron Stars |
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137 | (7) |
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Magnetic Field Evolution of Accreting Neutron Stars |
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144 | (8) |
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Magnetic Field Evolution in Accreting Millisecond Pulsars |
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152 | (11) |
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APERIODIC STUDIES OF AMXPS |
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Kilohertz QPOs---The Link with the Spin |
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163 | (11) |
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Correlations of Twin kHz QPOs and Spins of the Neutron Stars in LMXBs |
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174 | (4) |
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Timing the Accretion Flow around Accreting Millisecond Pulsars |
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178 | (7) |
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THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF AMXPS |
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Deep Crustal Heating and Quasi-persistent Transients |
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185 | (6) |
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Mapping the QCD Phase Transition with Accreting Compact Stars |
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191 | (8) |
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Lighthouses with Two Lights: Burst Oscillations from the Accretion-powered Millisecond Pulsars |
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199 | (10) |
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MULTIWAVELENGTH STUDIES OF AMXPS |
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X-ray and Optical Studies of SAX J1808.4-3658 in Quiescence |
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209 | (8) |
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The Optical Counterparts of Accreting Millisecond X-ray Pulsars during Quiescence |
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217 | (4) |
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Spectral Evidence for Jets from Accreting Millisecond X-ray Pulsars |
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221 | (6) |
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The Advanced X-ray Timing Array (AXTAR) |
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227 | (4) |
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Finding Fast Spinning Neutron Stars Using XMM-Newton |
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231 | (4) |
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Program |
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235 | (6) |
List of Participants |
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241 | (6) |
Photographs |
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247 | (6) |
Author Index |
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