LAXPC instrument onboard AstroSat: Five exciting years of new scientific results specially on X-ray Binaries

TL;DR

The AstroSat/LAXPC instrument has significantly advanced the study of X-ray binaries over five years, providing new insights into black hole and neutron star behaviors and promising further discoveries in high-energy astrophysics.

Contribution

This paper reviews five years of scientific achievements of AstroSat/LAXPC, highlighting its role in studying X-ray binaries and future potential.

Findings

Enhanced understanding of black hole and neutron star systems

Successful measurement of rapid variability in X-ray binaries

Potential for future groundbreaking discoveries

Abstract

With its large effective area at hard X-rays, high time resolution and having co-aligned other instruments, AstroSat/LAXPC was designed to usher in a new era in rapid variability studies and wide spectral band measurements of the X-ray binaries. Over the last five years, the instrument has successfully achieved to a significant extent these Science goals. In the coming years, it is poised to make more important discoveries. This paper highlights the primary achievements of AstroSat/LAXPC in unraveling the behavior of black hole and neutron star systems and discusses the exciting possibility of the instrument's contribution to future science.