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The evolution of x-ray bursts in the "Bursting Pulsar" GRO J1744-28

The evolution of x-ray bursts in the "Bursting Pulsar" GRO J1744-28
The evolution of x-ray bursts in the "Bursting Pulsar" GRO J1744-28
GRO J1744-28, commonly known as the 'Bursting Pulsar', is a low mass X-ray binary containing a neutron star and an evolved giant star. This system, together with the Rapid Burster (MXB 1730-33), are the only two systems that display the so-called Type II X-ray bursts. These type of bursts, which last for 10s of seconds, are thought to be caused by viscous instabilities in the disk; however the Type II bursts seen in GRO J1744-28 are qualitatively very different from those seen in the archetypal Type II bursting source the Rapid Burster. To understand these differences and to create a framework for future study, we perform a study of all X-ray observations of all 3 known outbursts of the Bursting Pulsar which contained Type II bursts, including a population study of all Type II X-ray bursts seen by RXTE. We find that the bursts from this source are best described in four distinct phenomena or 'classes' and that the characteristics of the bursts evolve in a predictable way. We compare our results with what is known for the Rapid Burster and put out results in the context of models that try to explain this phenomena.
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Court, J.M.C.
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Overton, T.
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Degenaar, N.
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Wijnands, R.
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Court, J.M.C., Altamirano, D., Albayati, A. C., Sanna, A., Belloni, T., Overton, T., Degenaar, N., Wijnands, R., Yamaoka, K., Hill, A.B. and Knigge, C. (2018) The evolution of x-ray bursts in the "Bursting Pulsar" GRO J1744-28. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 481 (2), 2273-2298. (doi:10.1093/mnras/sty2312).

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GRO J1744-28, commonly known as the 'Bursting Pulsar', is a low mass X-ray binary containing a neutron star and an evolved giant star. This system, together with the Rapid Burster (MXB 1730-33), are the only two systems that display the so-called Type II X-ray bursts. These type of bursts, which last for 10s of seconds, are thought to be caused by viscous instabilities in the disk; however the Type II bursts seen in GRO J1744-28 are qualitatively very different from those seen in the archetypal Type II bursting source the Rapid Burster. To understand these differences and to create a framework for future study, we perform a study of all X-ray observations of all 3 known outbursts of the Bursting Pulsar which contained Type II bursts, including a population study of all Type II X-ray bursts seen by RXTE. We find that the bursts from this source are best described in four distinct phenomena or 'classes' and that the characteristics of the bursts evolve in a predictable way. We compare our results with what is known for the Rapid Burster and put out results in the context of models that try to explain this phenomena.

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Accepted/In Press date: 20 August 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 29 August 2018
Published date: September 2018
Keywords: astro-ph.HE

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Local EPrints ID: 426601
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/426601
ISSN: 1365-2966
PURE UUID: 43280acd-0f62-46e2-a9f6-2a19098c5e3e
ORCID for D. Altamirano: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3422-0074
ORCID for A.B. Hill: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4418-0379

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Date deposited: 30 Nov 2018 17:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 04:17

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Author: J.M.C. Court
Author: D. Altamirano ORCID iD
Author: A. C. Albayati
Author: A. Sanna
Author: T. Belloni
Author: T. Overton
Author: N. Degenaar
Author: R. Wijnands
Author: K. Yamaoka
Author: A.B. Hill ORCID iD
Author: C. Knigge

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