X-ray bursts and neutron-star thermonuclear flashes

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Nov 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977natur.270..310j&link_type=abstract

Nature, vol. 270, Nov. 24, 1977, p. 310-314.

Physics

114

Conductive Heat Transfer, Neutron Stars, Stellar Mass Accretion, Stellar Models, Thermonuclear Reactions, X Ray Sources, Abundance, Binary Stars, Nuclear Fusion

Scientific paper

A description is presented of a model concerning the production of X-ray bursts by thermonuclear flashes in the freshly accreted matter near the surface of an accreting neutron star. An investigation is conducted regarding the physical processes relevant to such thermonuclear flashes. It is concluded that thermonuclear flashes may account for some, but not all, of the observed X-ray burst sources. Attention is given to a neutron star undergoing accretion of mass from a binary stellar companion, aspects of energetics, nuclear reactions, and heat transport mechanisms.

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