Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Nov 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008sf2a.conf..287t&link_type=abstract
"SF2A-2008: Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics Eds.: C. Charbonnel, F. Combes
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
The center of our galaxy harbors a whole population of neutron stars in low mass X-ray binaries. Most of these systems are characterized by regular fast rises followed by exponential decays of their X-ray luminosities, on timescales ranging from seconds to hours. These "X-ray bursts" are now firmly believed to result from unstable thermonuclear burning of accreted material onto the surface of the neutron stars. In early 2007, while surveying the Galactic Center, the INTEGRAL satellite recorded a new long burst from the faint ultra-compact binary candidate SLX 1737-282 as well as several short ones from the faint transient source GRS 1741.9-2853. We take these recent detections as an opportunity to briefly discuss our current observational and phenomenological understanding of these phenomena, with a particular emphasis on low accretion rate bursters.
Falanga Mariarosaria
Goldwurm Andréa
Terrier Régis
Trap Guillaume
No associations
LandOfFree
X-ray bursts from the Galactic Center:the case of SLX 1737-282 and GRS 1741.9-2853 does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.
If you have personal experience with X-ray bursts from the Galactic Center:the case of SLX 1737-282 and GRS 1741.9-2853, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and X-ray bursts from the Galactic Center:the case of SLX 1737-282 and GRS 1741.9-2853 will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1287772