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| Name: Dipankar Bhattacharya Affiliation: IUCAA, Pune Conference ID: ASI2019_283 Title : AstroSat observations of Compact Stars Authors and Co-Authors : Dipankar Bhattacharya, IUCAA, Pune Abstract Type : Invited Abstract Category : Plenary Abstract : The Indian space mission AstroSat is a powerful observatory for compact stars, given its broad band X-ray coverage and fast timing capability. Observations of systems containing white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes carried out with AstroSat have yielded new insight on accretion flows around compact objects as well as radiation mechanisms involved in both isolated and accreting compact stars. This talk will present an overview of the capabilities of AstroSat for observations of compact stars, the results obtained so far and future plans. |