Super-Eddington luminosities in X-ray bursts

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Aug 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984a%26a...137l..12v&link_type=abstract

Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 137, no. 2, Aug. 1984, p. L12-L14. Sponsorship: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Z

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Neutron Stars, Nuclear Fusion, Stellar Atmospheres, Stellar Luminosity, X Ray Sources, Eddington Approximation, Static Models, Stellar Models

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According to (quasi-) static model calculations of the outer layers of a neutron star, subject to a thermonuclear flash, the maximum luminosity cannot exceed the Eddington limit by more than a few percent. Yet, maximum burst luminosities substantially in excess of the Eddington limit have been observed for many X-ray bursts. In this paper the authors suggest a possible solution to this "Eddington limit problem", related to the transformation properties of the radiation field, as measured in the rest frame and in a comoving frame.

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