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Goddard Space Flight Center

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Solar System Science Offices

Solar System Exploration Data Services Office (690.1)

Space Geodesy Project Office (690.2)

Solar System Science Labs

Astrochemistry Laboratory (691)

Solar System Exploration Grants Support Office (691.1)

Planetary Systems Laboratory (693)

Laser Remote Sensing Laboratory (694)

Planetary Magnetospheres Laboratory (695)

Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory (698)

Planetary Environments Laboratory (699)

Heliophysics Science Labs

Solar Physics Laboratory (671)

Heliospheric Physics Laboratory (672)

Geospace Physics Laboratory (673)

Space Weather Laboratory (674)

Astrophysics Science Offices

High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center Office (660.1)

Office of Scientific Computing (660.2)

Instrument Development Group (660.3)

Astrophysics Science Labs

Astroparticle Physics (661)

X-ray Astrophysics (662)

Gravitational Astrophysics (663)

Observational Cosmology (665)

ExoPlanets and Stellar Astrophysics (667)

Earth Sciences Offices

Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (610.1)

Global Change Data Center (610.2)

Software Systems Support Office (610.3)

Office of Applied Sciences (610.4)

Field Support Office (610.W)

Earth Sciences Labs

Goddard Institute for Space Studies (611)

Directorate Offices

Administration & Resources Management Office (603)

Science Proposal Support Office (605)

Networks and IT Security (606.1)

High-Performance Computing (606.2)

Information Science & Technology Research (606.3)

Scientific Visualization Studio Group (606.4)

X-ray Binaries

X-ray Binaries

The Lab is very active in X-ray binary studies. Some local web pages are linked below.

Current Group Members

Padi Boyd

Jean Cottam

Tim Kallman

Craig Markwardt

Michael Rupen

Nikolai Shaposhnikov

Martin Still

Tod Strohmayer

Jean Swank

Anna Watts

Group members with web pages

Tod Strohmayer's page highlighting KHz QPO, rapid temporal variations in x-ray bursts, studies of soft gamma-ray repeaters, and magnetars
Padi Boyd's study of Nonlinear Oscillations in the Longterm Evolution of LMC X-3
Martin Still's research into quiescent accretion disk atmospheres and
reflection of X-rays off companion stars and accretion disks

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Last Updated: 09-Jan-2012