Absorption features in the spectra of X-ray bursting neutron stars
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Absorption features in the spectra of X-ray bursting neutron stars
Context. The discovery of photospheric absorption lines in XMM-Newton spectra of the X-ray bursting neutron star in EXO 0748−676 by Cottam and collaborators allows us to constrain the neutron star mass-radius ratio from the measured gravitational redshift. A radius of R = 9 − 12 km for a plausible mass range of M = 1.4 − 1.8 M⊙ was derived by these authors. Aims. It has been claimed that the ab...
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عنوان ژورنال: Astronomy & Astrophysics
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0004-6361,1432-0746
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810129