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New Bepposax-wfc Results on Superbursts
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Cornelisse, Remon Kuulkers, Erik Heise, John |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Abstract | Presently seven superbursters have been identified represe nting 10% of the total Galactic X-ray burster population. Four superbursters were discovered with the Wide Field Came r s (WFCs) on BeppoSAX and three with the All-Sky Monitor and Proportional Counter Array on RXTE. We discuss the prope rties of superbursters as derived from WFC observations. There are two interesting conclusions. First, the av rage recurrence time of superbursts among X-ray bursters that ar e mo e luminous than 10% of the Eddington limit is 1.5 yr per object. Second, superbursters systematically have higher α values and shorter ordinary bursts than most bursters that have not exh ibited superbursts, indicating a higher level of stable the rmonuclear helium burning. Theory predicts hitherto undetected super bursts from the most luminous neutron stars. We investigate the prospects for finding these in GX 17+2. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0407087v1.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | ATI Rage Atrioventricular Block Command & Conquer:Yuri's Revenge Continuous stationery Helium Luminous Studio Neutrons Poincaré recurrence theorem Stars, Celestial |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
