X-ray burster
X-ray bursters are a class of binary stars which have periodic outbursts luminous in X-rays. They contain a neutron star and an accreting companion.
Gamma Ray Burster
Gamma ray bursts were first detected by U. S. military Vela satellites launched in 1963 to monitor Soviet compliance with the nuclear test ban treaty.
Burster
A source of bursts of X-rays or in some cases, gamma rays; believed to be associated with neutron stars.
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X-ray burster X-ray source that radiates thousands of times more energy than our Sun, in short bursts that last only a few seconds.
X-ray burster: An object that produces occasional X-ray flares; believed to be caused by mass transfer in a close binary star system.
X-RAY BURSTER
An X-ray burster is an object that emits bursts of X-rays.
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burster - (n.)
A sporadic source of intense X rays, probably consisting of a neutron star onto which new matter falls at irregular intervals.
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X-ray burster - a neutron star with a low mass binary companion from which matter is accreted resulting in irregular bursts of energy from the surface of the neutron star.
Millisecond pulsar ("recycled pulsar") ...
X-ray Burster: A semidetached binary system where matter is accreting onto a neutron star. As hydrogen accretes onto a neutron star (possibly producing a variable X-ray source) the hydrogen is promptly burned into helium.
Thanks to a burster that was remarkably close in cosmic terms, their true nature may have been revealed. The bursts seem to come from exploding stars called supernovae.
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8. X-ray bursters result from accretion of material from a binary companion onto a _____ star. (Hint)
9. According to general relativity, space is warped, or curved, by _____. (Hint) ...
Objects such as the mysterious gamma-ray bursters and supernovae are the targets of interest of this satellite.
the Rapid Burster First discovery of X-ray from an highly magnetic WD binary system, AM Her Discovery of X-ray from Algol and HZ 43. Precise location of about 60 X-ray sources Survey of the Soft X-ray background (0.1-0.28 kev) ...
The RXTE played a key role in the discovery in 1996 of a "pulsing burster" located near the center of the Milky Way. Unlike other X-ray sources, this one burst, oscillated, and flickered simultaneously, with bursts lasting from 6 to 100 seconds.
occurred on March 5, 1979, and was detected by several satellites. Since then, N 49 has had several subsequent gamma-ray emissions, and is now recognized as a "soft gamma-ray repeater," releasing lower-energy gamma-rays than most gamma-ray bursters.
Most of the matter in a star is blown away in the explosion (forming nebulae such as the Crab Nebula) but what remains will collapse into a neutron star (a pulsar or X-ray burster) or, in the case of the largest stars, a black hole.
How is a Neutron star different from a White Dwarf?
What is a pulsar?
What is a nova? An X-ray burster?
How does a Type I (white dwarf) supernova work?
X-rays would be produced by blackbody radiation at temperatures in excess of 106 K. Sources of astrophysical X-rays include accretion disks, gas impacting on neutron stars, X-ray bursters, and hot gas located in the centers of galaxy clusters.
 See also: Ray, Energy, Neutron, Neutron star, X-ray
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