Author: kiikol

(1) Emission components in thermonuclear X-ray bursts Short description: Using spectral decomposition methods (e.g. non-negative matrix factorization) to distinguish emission components in series of X-ray spectra from neutron star X-ray binaries during thermonuclear bursts on their surfaces. Reading material: Koljonen …

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Introduction X-ray binaries are double star systems consisting of a compact object (essentially either a neutron star or a black hole) and usually a non-degenerate companion (i.e. any star that is fusing its hydrogen and helium reservoir). The crux to …

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