The Incompatibility of Rapid Rotation with Narrow Photospheric X-Ray Lines in Exo 0748-676

X-ray observations of EXO 0748-676 during thermonuclear bursts revealed a set of narrow (Δλ/λ = 0.018) absorption lines that potentially originate from the stellar photosphere. The identification of these lines with particular atomic transitions led to the measurement of the surface gravitational re...

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Main Authors: Lin, Jinrong (Contributor), Ozel, Feryal (Author), Chakrabarty, Deepto (Contributor), Psaltis, Dimitrios (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing, 2013-01-16T22:13:17Z.
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