What can NuSTAR do for thermonuclear X-ray bursts?
Unstable thermonuclear burning on the surface of accreting neutron stars is commonly observed as type I X-ray bursts. The flux released during some strong bu rsts can temporarily exceed the Eddington limit, driving the neutron star photosphere to such large radii that heavy-element ashes of nucl...
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Sissa Medialab
2019
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120921 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8804-8946 |