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

Cornelisse, R.; in't Zand, J. J. M.; Kuulkers, E.; Heise, J.; Verbunt, F.; Cocchi, M.; Bazzano, A.; Natalucci, L.; Ubertini, P.
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Nuclear Physics B Proceedings Supplements, Volume 132, p. 518-523.

Fecha de publicación:
6
2004
Número de autores
9
Número de autores del IAC
0
Número de citas
16
Número de citas referidas
15
Descripción
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.