Implications of high-precision spectra of thermonuclear X-ray bursts for determining neutron star masses and radii

X-ray burst spectra have long been used to estimate neutron star masses and radii. These estimates assumed that burst spectra are accurately described by the model atmosphere spectra developed over the last three decades. We compared RXTE data from a superburst with these spectra and found that the...

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Veröffentlicht in:	arXiv.org 2011-06
Hauptverfasser:	M Coleman Miller, Boutloukos, Stratos, Ka Ho Lo, Lamb, Frederick K
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Neutron stars Neutrons Red shift X ray spectra
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