The LOFT perspective on neutron star thermonuclear bursts

Autor:	Zand, J. J. M. in 't, Altamirano, D., Ballantyne, D. R., Bhattacharyya, S., Brown, E. F., Cavecchi, Y., Chakrabarty, D., Chenevez, J., Cumming, A., Degenaar, N., Falanga, M., Galloway, D. K., Heger, A., José, J., Keek, L., Linares, M., Mahmoodifar, S., Malone, C. M., Méndez, M., Miller, M. C., Paerels, F. B. S., Poutanen, J., Rózanska, A., Schatz, H., Serino, M., Strohmayer, T. E., Suleimanov, V. F., Thielemann, F. -K., Watts, A. L., Weinberg, N. N., Woosley, S. E., Yu, W., Zhang, S., Zingale, M.
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	This is a White Paper in support of the mission concept of the Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT), proposed as a medium-sized ESA mission. We discuss the potential of LOFT for the study of thermonuclear X-ray bursts on accreting neutron stars. For a summary, we refer to the paper. Comment: White Paper in Support of the Mission Concept of the Large Observatory for X-ray Timing
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.02776 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv