GRMHD simulations with relativistic ray tracing show that realistic accretion hotspots are crescent- or band-shaped, not circular, and produce X-ray pulse amplitudes consistent with accreting millisecond pulsars.
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Pulse Profiles of Accreting Neutron Stars from GRMHD Simulations
GRMHD simulations with relativistic ray tracing show that realistic accretion hotspots are crescent- or band-shaped, not circular, and produce X-ray pulse amplitudes consistent with accreting millisecond pulsars.