Thermonuclear burning in the matter accumulated on the surface of an accreting neutron star is unstable under certain conditions, which leads to powerful explosions also called Type I X-ray bursts. This book covers the theory of spectral formation in the atmospheres of neutron stars during these violent events as well as its application to observational data on X-ray bursts. The main goal of the presented study is a proper measurement of the fundamental properties for neutron stars. We take both analytical and numerical approaches to the problem of radiative transfer in X-ray illuminated atmospheres which account for all crucial physical factors such as Comptonization, free-free absorption and emission. We apply our models to the data collected with NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer mission in order to constrain neutron star masses and radii for five X-ray burster 4U 1728-34, 4U 1820-30, Cygnus X-2, EXO 0748-676 and GS 1826-24. The developed neutron star mass-radius measurement method has a great potential for application to new and archival X-ray data. It can provide scientists with a vital information on various aspects of physics of compact objects.
Thermonuclear burning in the matter accumulated on the surface of an accreting neutron star is unstable under certain conditions, which leads to powerful explosions also called Type I X-ray bursts. This book covers the theory of spectral formation in the atmospheres of neutron stars during these violent events as well as its application to observational data on X-ray bursts. The main goal of the presented study is a proper measurement of the fundamental properties for neutron stars. We take both analytical and numerical approaches to the problem of radiative transfer in X-ray illuminated atmospheres which account for all crucial physical factors such as Comptonization, free-free absorption and emission. We apply our models to the data collected with NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer mission in order to constrain neutron star masses and radii for five X-ray burster 4U 1728-34, 4U 1820-30, Cygnus X-2, EXO 0748-676 and GS 1826-24. The developed neutron star mass-radius measurement method has a great potential for application to new and archival X-ray data. It can provide scientists with a vital information on various aspects of physics of compact objects.
The book gives an extended review of theoretical and observational aspects of neutron star physics. With masses comparable to that of the Sun and radii of about ten kilometres, neutron stars are the...
This NATO AS! was the third in the series of Advanced Study Institutes on neutron stars, which started with 'Timing Neutron Stars', held in Qe§me near izmir, Turkey (April 1988), followed by 'Neutron...
The idea for organizing an Advanced Study Institute devoted largely to neutron star timing arose independently in three places, at Istanbul, Garching and Amster dam; when we became aware of each...
Neutron stars are the densest objects known in our universe that have not collapsed in on themselves to form a singularity (a black hole). Like black holes they are formed when stars run out of...
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