Thermonuclear X-ray Bursts
Type-I X-ray bursts arise from unstable thermonuclear burning of accreted fuel on the surface of neutron stars. In this chapter we review the fundamental physics of the burning processes, and summarise the observational, numerical, and nuclear experimenta
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Tomaso M. Belloni Mariano Méndez Chengmin Zhang Editors
Timing Neutron Stars: Pulsations, Oscillations and Explosions
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Tomaso M. Belloni • Mariano Méndez • Chengmin Zhang Editors
Timing Neutron Stars: Pulsations, Oscillations and Explosions
Editors Tomaso M. Belloni INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera Merate, Italy
Mariano Méndez Kapteyn Astronomical Institute University of Groningen Groningen, The Netherlands
Chengmin Zhang National Astronomical Observatories and The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, China
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