abbreviation XRB can refer either to the object (X-ray burster) or to the associated emission (X-ray burst). When a star in a binary fills its Roche lobe...
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"Deep Searches for Burster Counterparts". In Liang, Edison P.; Petrosian, Vahé (eds.). AIP Conference Proceedings. Gamma-Ray Bursts. Vol. 141. American...
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X-ray binaries are a class of binary stars that are luminous in X-rays. The X-rays are produced by matter falling from one component, called the donor...
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X-ray diffraction is a generic term for phenomena associated with changes in the direction of X-ray beams due to interactions with the electrons around...
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X-ray astronomy is an observational branch of astronomy which deals with the study of X-ray observation and detection from astronomical objects. X-radiation...
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luminous in X-rays X-ray burster, a class of X-ray binary stars exhibiting periodic and rapid increases in luminosity that peak in the X-ray regime of the...
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The following is a list of significant gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) listed in chronological order. GRBs are named after the date on which they were detected:...
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The Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO), previously known as the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), is a Flagship-class space telescope launched...
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Neutron star (section X-ray binaries)
Sub-millisecond pulsar. X-ray burster: a neutron star with a low mass binary companion from which matter is accreted resulting in irregular bursts of energy from...
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Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory (redirect from Swift x-ray telescope)
Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer, is a NASA three-telescope space observatory for studying gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and monitoring the afterglow in X-ray, and UV/Visible...
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directed the burst observations and discovered several X-ray bursters, among them was the rapid burster which can produce thousands of X-ray bursts in one day...
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X-rays (X-radiation) are a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation. In many languages, it is referred to as Röntgen radiation, after the German...
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bursts reappear, though not yet with predictable regularity. The Bursting Pulsar is the only known X-ray pulsar that is also a Type II X-ray burster....
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Terzan 5 (section Pulsars and X-ray sources)
Terzan 5 also contains an X-ray burster, discovered in 1980, known as Terzan 5 or XB 1745-25. It also contains around 50 weaker X-ray sources, many of which...
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Gamma-ray burst progenitors are the types of celestial objects that can emit gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). GRBs show an extraordinary degree of diversity....
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superdense matter in the neutron stars. X-ray astronomy X-ray burster Tanaka, Y.; Shibazaki, N. (1996). "X-ray Novae". Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics...
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X-ray pulsars or accretion-powered pulsars are a class of astronomical objects that are X-ray sources displaying strict periodic variations in X-ray intensity...
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event. In X-ray astronomy many sources have been discovered by placing an X-ray detector above the Earth's atmosphere. Often, the first X-ray source discovered...
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the source region" of occasional X-ray bursts lasting only for about 1 ms. Cygnus X-1 belongs to a high-mass X-ray binary system, located about 2.22 kiloparsecs...
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X-ray sources are astronomical objects with physical properties which result in the emission of X-rays. Several types of astrophysical objects emit X-rays...
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satellite X-ray background X-ray binary X-ray burster X-ray computed tomography X-ray crystal truncation rod X-ray crystallography X-ray filter X-ray fluorescence...
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The history of gamma-ray began with the serendipitous detection of a gamma-ray burst (GRB) on July 2, 1967, by the U.S. Vela satellites. After these satellites...
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Thermal runaway (section X-ray bursts)
ignition of runaway hydrogen fusion can then lead to an X-ray burst. As with novae, such bursts tend to repeat and may also be triggered by helium or even...
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An X-ray telescope (XRT) is a telescope that is designed to observe remote objects in the X-ray spectrum. X-rays are absorbed by the Earth's atmosphere...
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instrument aboard Fermi, the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM; formerly GLAST Burst Monitor), is being used to study gamma-ray bursts and solar flares. Fermi, named...
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The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) was a NASA satellite that observed the time variation of astronomical X-ray sources, named after physicist Bruno...
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Spectroscopic Eclipsing Close binaries Detached Semidetached Contact X-ray Burster Stellar groupings Star cluster Stellar association Open Globular Hypercompact...
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shorter than those of X-rays. With frequencies above 30 exahertz (3×1019 Hz) and wavelengths less than 10 picometers (1×10−11 m), gamma ray photons have the...
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Kilonova Micronova Superluminous supernova Supernova Supernova impostor X-ray burster "Nova Centauri 2013: Another bright, naked-eye nova | aavso.org". www...
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Swift J1818.0–1607 (category Astronomical X-ray sources)
discovered by NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory when it exhibited an X-ray burst on 12 March 2020. "SWIFT J1818.0-1607 -- Neutron Star". SIMBAD. Centre...
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