Biswajit Paul
Abstract:
The Large Area X-ray Proportional Counters (LAXPC) of Astrosat is a major instrument for broad band timing and spectroscopy. It has the largest effective area among all instruments of this kind ever flown and provides unprecedented opportunity for high resolution timing and some spectroscopic studies over a broad energy band. Some early results obtained from LAXPC during the performance verification phase will be presented followed by some key science prospects with this instrument on Astrosat. X-ray observations that relate to Gravitational Wave detection will also be discussed.