Long tails on thermonuclear X-ray bursts from neutron stars: A signature of inward heating?

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 497, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 469-480

  In'T Zand, J J M ^a   Keek, L ^a,b   Cumming, A ^c   Heger, A ^d   Homan, J ^e   Mendez M ^f  

^a SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d University of Minnesota   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accretion, accretion disks; Stars: neutron; X rays: binaries; X rays: bursts; X rays: individual: 4U 1728 34 = GX354 0; X rays: individual: EXO 0748 676; X rays: individual: GS 1826 24

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION, ACCRETION DISKS; STARS: NEUTRON; X-RAYS: BINARIES; X-RAYS: BURSTS; X-RAYS: INDIVIDUAL: 4U 1728-34 = GX354-0; X-RAYS: INDIVIDUAL: EXO 0748-676; X-RAYS: INDIVIDUAL: GS 1826-24;

COOLING; DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); DURABILITY; NEUTRONS; STARS;

X RAYS;

EID: 65349173166     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200811432     Document Type: Article

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