Superbursts at near-Eddington mass accretion rates

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 426, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 257-265

  In 't Zand, J J M ^a,b   Cornelisse, R ^c   Cumming, A ^d  

^a SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances; X rays: binaries; X rays: bursts; X rays: individuals: GX 17+2

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GRAVITATION; IGNITION; NEUTRONS; SURFACE TREATMENT; X RAYS;

LUMINOSITY; NEAR-EDDINGTON MASS ACCRETION RATES; NEUTRON STARS; SUPERBURSTS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 6344237127     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20040522     Document Type: Article

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