Burst-only sources: probing type I X-ray bursters at low persistent luminosities

Bibcode
2004NuPhS.132..518C
DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2004.04.087
Cornelisse, R.; in't Zand, J. J. M.; Kuulkers, E.; Heise, J.; Verbunt, F.; Cocchi, M.; Bazzano, A.; Natalucci, L.; Ubertini, P.
Bibliographical reference

Nuclear Physics B Proceedings Supplements, Volume 132, p. 518-523.

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6
2004
Number of authors
9
IAC number of authors
0
Citations
16
Refereed citations
15
Description
The Wide Field Cameras onboard BeppoSAX observed 9 type I X-ray bursters without detectable persistent emission around the burst. According to the standard theory of X-ray bursts these sources should be in the lowest mass-accretion regime, opening the possibility to study this regime for the first time. We compare the sources with the burst theory, and show that the evidence of a new sub-class of low mass X-ray binaries, the burst-only source, is still meagre.
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Non-refereed

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