We present constraints on the mass-radius relation for the neutron star in the X-ray burst source 18 by using model spectra for X-ray bursts based on the theory developed by Titarchuk 1994. Under the assumption of isotropic burst emission the derived results exclude the stiffer equations of state of neutron star matter. The theory can be used to derive distances to X-ray burst sources from which only burst luminosities below the Eddington limit are observed.
On the distance and mass-radius relation of neutron stars in X-ray burst sources
TITARCHUK, Lev
1995
Abstract
We present constraints on the mass-radius relation for the neutron star in the X-ray burst source 18 by using model spectra for X-ray bursts based on the theory developed by Titarchuk 1994. Under the assumption of isotropic burst emission the derived results exclude the stiffer equations of state of neutron star matter. The theory can be used to derive distances to X-ray burst sources from which only burst luminosities below the Eddington limit are observed.File in questo prodotto:
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