Biases for neutron star mass, radius and distance measurements from Eddington-limited X-ray bursts

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 387, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 268-272

  Galloway, D K ^a,c   Ozel F ^b,d   Psaltis, D ^b,d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c MonashUniversity

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Equation of state; Methods: observational; Stars: neutron; X rays: bursts

Indexed keywords

NEUTRONS; STARS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EQUATION-OF-STATE; METHODS:OBSERVATIONAL; NEUTRON STARS; STAR RADIUS; STAR:DISTANCES; STARS: MASS; STARS: NEUTRONS; UNCERTAINTY; X-RAY TIMING EXPLORERS; X-RAYS: BURSTS;

EQUATIONS OF STATE;

EID: 44649141914     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13219.x     Document Type: Article

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