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The neutron star X-ray binary, EXO 0748--676, was observed regularly by the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) and XMM-Newton during its first detected outburst (1985 - 2008). These observations captured hundreds of asymmetric,…

X-ray bursts are thermonuclear flashes on the surface of accreting neutron stars and reliable burst models are needed to interpret observations in terms of properties of the neutron star and the binary system. We investigate the dependence…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-10-19 R. H. Cyburt , A. M. Amthor , A. Heger , E. Johnson , L. Keek , Z. Meisel , H. Schatz , K. Smith

The accreting millisecond pulsar XTE J1814-338 exhibits oscillations at the known spin frequency during Type I X-ray bursts. The properties of the burst oscillations reflect the nature of the thermal asymmetry on the stellar surface. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Anna L. Watts , Tod E. Strohmayer , Craig B. Markwardt

We investigate spectral evolution in 37 bright, long gamma-ray bursts observed with the BATSE Spectroscopy Detectors. High resolution spectra are characterized by the energy of the peak of \nfn~and the evolution of this quantity is examined…

We performed a comprehensive study of thermonuclear bursts from the millisecond X-ray pulsar SAX J1808.4$-$3658 with XMM-Newton and NICER. We report the results from the analysis of an intense burst with NICER using a self-consistent and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-31 Manoj Mandal , Sachindra Naik , Birendra Chhotaray

We analyze a set of Type I X-ray bursts from the low mass X-ray binary 4U 1728 -34, observed with Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE). and we implement an analytical model of X-ray spectral formation in the neutron star (NS) atmosphere…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Nickolai Shaposhnikov , Lev Titarchuk , Frank Haberl

We report the superburst from 4U 1820--30 in 2021 observed by the Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image and Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER). During the tail of the superburst, we found that the NICER light curve unexpectedly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-14 Zhijiao Peng , Zhaosheng Li , Yuanyue Pan , Tao Fu , Wenhui Yu , Yupeng Chen , Shu Zhang , Maurizio Falanga , Shuang-Nan Zhang

We searched for thermonuclear X-ray bursts from Galactic neutron stars in all event mode data of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory collected until March 31, 2018. In particular, we are interested in the intermediate-duration bursts (shell…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-16 J. J. M. in 't Zand , M. J. W. Kries , D. M. Palmer , N. Degenaar

Accretion onto protostars may occur in sharp bursts. Accretion bursts during the embedded phase of young protostars are probably most intense, but can only be inferred indirectly through long-wavelength observations. We perform radiative…

The total event number of fast radio bursts (FRBs) is accumulating rapidly with the improvement of existing radio telescopes and the completion of new facilities. Especially, the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-12 Di Xiao , Zi-Gao Dai

The masses and radii of low-magnetic field neutron stars can be measured by combining different observable quantities obtained from their X-ray spectra during thermonuclear X-ray bursts. One of these quantities is the apparent radius of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-02-22 Tolga Guver , Dimitrios Psaltis , Feryal Ozel

This study investigates the timing and spectral characteristics of X-ray bursts from the neutron star system EXO 0748-676 using the NuSTAR observatory's FPMA and FPMB instruments in the 3-79 keV range. We identify Type I X-ray bursts driven…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-15 Nirpat Subba , Nishika Subba , Jyoti Paul , Pankaj Sharma , Monika Ghimiray

We revisit our original papers on the burst mode of accretion by incorporating a detailed energy balance equation into a thin-disk model for the formation and evolution of circumstellar disks around low-mass protostars.Our model includes…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Eduard I. Vorobyov , Shantanu Basu

Broadband spectral studies of Type-I X-ray bursts can put strong constraints on the physics of burst spectra as well as their interaction with the environment. We present the results obtained from the broadband time-resolved spectroscopy of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-10-13 Unnati Kashyap , Biki Ram , Tolga Guver , Manoneeta Chakraborty

we study the long-term evolution of the accretion disk around the neutron star in Be/X-ray binaries. We confirm the earlier result by Hayasaki & Okazaki (2004) that the disk evolves via a two-stage process, which consists of the initial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kimitake Hayasaki , Atsuo T. Okazaki

Recent time-resolved X-ray spectra of a neutron star undergoing a superburst revealed an Fe K line and edge consistent with reprocessing from the surrounding accretion disc. Here, we present models of X-ray reflection from a constant…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. R. Ballantyne

We study RXTE PCA data for the high mass X-ray binary source SMC X-1 between 2003-10 and 2003-12 when the source was in high states. The source is found to be frequently bursting which can be seen as flares in lightcurves on an average of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-16 Binay Rai , Pragati Pradhan , Bikash Chandra Paul

Type I X-ray bursts are thermonuclear flashes observed from the surfaces of accreting neutron stars (NSs) in Low Mass X-ray Binaries. Oscillations have been observed during the rise and/or decay of some of these X-ray bursts. Those seen…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-17 Simin Mahmoodifar , Tod Strohmayer

We report the observations of the highly active FRb20201124A with the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope at 550-750~MHz. These observations in the incoherent array mode simultaneously provided an arcsecond localization of bursts from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-03 V. R. Marthi , S. Bethapudi , R. A. Main , H. -H. Lin , L. G. Spitler , R. S. Wharton , D. Z. Li , T. G. Gautam , U. -L. Pen , G. H. Hilmarsson

The stability of thermonuclear burning of hydrogen and helium accreted onto neutron stars is strongly dependent on the mass accretion rate. The burning behavior is observed to change from Type I X-ray bursts to stable burning, with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 L. Keek , R. H. Cyburt , A. Heger