Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Aug 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981a%26a...101..174v&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 101, no. 2, Aug. 1981, p. 174, 175.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Bursts, Luminosity, Neutron Stars, X Ray Sources, Globular Clusters, Helium, Hydrogen, Stellar Envelopes, Stellar Mass Accretion, Stellar Radiation
Scientific paper
A qualitative model is proposed which relates the burst behavior of 1608-52 observed by Murakami et al (1980) to the composition of the envelope in which the X-ray bursts occur. The model provides an explanation for the large scatter in the peak fluxes when the accretion rate is high. A flux would be transported outward at the top of the convective region which equals 1.5 to 2 times the Eddington limit appropriate to a helium-rich gas. Upon traversing the outer part of the accreted layer, which is not affected by the nuclear processes and is therefore hydrogen-rich, this flux is about a factor of 3 to 4 higher than the local value of the Eddington luminosity.
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