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English: The XMM-Newton spectral signature from superheated iron atoms at the inner edge of the accretion disk orbiting the neutron star in Serpens X-1. Normally, the line would be a symmetrical peak, but it exhibits the classic features of distortion due to relativistic effects. The extremely fast motion of the iron-rich gas causes the line to spread out. The entire line has been shifted to longer wavelengths (left, red) because of the neutron star's powerful gravity. The line is brighter toward shorter wavelengths (right, blue) because Einstein's special theory of relativity predicts that a high-speed source beamed toward Earth will appear brighter than the same source moving away from Earth. |
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| Source | NASA's Imagine the Universe! Goddard Spaceflight Center, Astronomers Pioneer New Method for Probing Exotic Matter |
| Author | Sudip Bhattacharyya and Tod Strohmayer |
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| current | 04:52, 16 November 2009 | | 463 × 413 (39 KB) | Materialscientist (talk | contribs) | cropped white space |
| 01:51, 4 November 2009 |  | 540 × 450 (40 KB) | Marshallsumter (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description={{en|1="This is fundamental physics," says Sudip Bhattacharyya of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. and the University of Maryland. "There could be exotic kinds of particles or states of matter, such as quark |
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