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.
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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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.
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) ...
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: Burster, Neutron star, X-ray burst, Neutron, Black Hole
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