Mass and radius estimation for the neutron star in X-ray burster 4U 1820-30

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2011-05-08

arxiv.org/abs/1105.1525v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

MNRAS in print

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We present a new method for determining masses and radii of neutron stars residing in thermo-nuclear X-ray burst sources. To illustrate this method we apply it to a burst from the source 4U 1820-30 recorded by the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer. Fits of the observed X-ray spectra to grids of Comptonised model atmospheres yield estimates for the mass and radius of the neutron star, M=1.3 \pm 0.6 M_sol and R=11^+3_-2 km, respectively.

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