Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 1987
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 226, May 1, 1987, p. 39-55. Research supported by the J
Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Neutron Stars, Size Determination, Stellar Magnitude, Stellar Mass, Bremsstrahlung, Photosphere, Stellar Atmospheres, X Ray Spectra
Scientific paper
An analysis of 12 hours of continuous EXOSAT observations of 4U 1746-37 in NGC 6441, obtained between September 9 and 10, 1985, puts constraints on its mass-radius relation. The spectral shape of the persistent X-ray flux is well fitted by a thermal bremsstrahlung spectrum, with a kT temperature varying between 7.5 and 9.8 keV, and an interstellar column density of about 2.8 x 10 to the 21st/sq cm. Two X-ray bursts noted during the observation are found to be type I, with radius expansion of the neutron star photosphere during their peaks. If the neutron star has a canonical mass of 1.4 solar masses, the observed burst fluxes must be reduced as a result of anisotropy of the burst by a factor of at least 1.3-2.2. The present results are consistent with the very soft and intermediately stiff equations of state.
Fujimoto Masayuki Y.
Lewin Walter H. G.
Paradijs Jan van
Penninx Wim
Sztajno Mirek
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