PROBING THE CRUST OF THE NEUTRON STAR IN EXO 0748-676

PROBING THE CRUST OF THE NEUTRON STAR IN EXO 0748-676

X-ray observations of quiescent X-ray binaries have the potential to provide insight into the structure and the composition of neutron stars. EXO 0748-676 had been actively accreting for over 24 yr before its outburst ceased in late 2008. Subsequent X-ray monitoring revealed a gradual decay of the q...

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Main Authors: Degenaar, N., Medin, Z., Cumming, A., Wijnands, R., Wolff, M. T., Cackett, E. M., Miller, J. M., Jonker, P. G., Brown, E. F., Homan, Jeroen
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: IOP Publishing 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/94579

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