PYCNONUCLEAR REACTIONS in dense stellar matter
PYCNONUCLEAR REACTIONS in dense stellar matter
PYCNONUCLEAR REACTIONS in dense stellar matter
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Soft X-ray X<br />
transients<br />
• Active states: L X<br />
= 10 36 -10 39 erg/s<br />
weeks – months – years; X-ray bursts<br />
• Quiescent states: L X = 10 30 –10 34 ergs/s<br />
years - decades<br />
• SXRTs belong to LMXRBs<br />
Donor star: ma<strong>in</strong>-sequence or<br />
subgiant, M ≤ M SUN<br />
• P ORB : a few hours – a few days<br />
• ‹M› ≈ 10 -11 –10 -9 M SUN /yr<br />
.<br />
Brown, Bildsten & Rutledge (1998):<br />
Aql X-1 T S ~ 10 6 K
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