Accretion disks and coronae in the x-ray flashlight

Degenaar, Nathalie and Ballantyne, David R. and Belloni, Tomaso and Chakraborty, Manoneeta and Chen, Yu Peng and Ji, Long and Kretschmar, Peter and Kuulkers, Erik and Li, Jian and Maccarone, Thomas J. and Malzac, Julien and Zhang, Shu and Zhang, Shuang Nan (2018) Accretion disks and coronae in the x-ray flashlight. Space Science Reviews, 214 (1). ISSN 0038-6308 (Print) 1572-9672 (Online)

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Abstract

Plasma accreted onto the surface of a neutron star can ignite due to unstable thermonuclear burning and produce a bright flash of X-ray emission called a Type-I X-ray burst. Such events are very common; thousands have been observed to date from over a hundred accreting neutron stars. The intense, often Eddington-limited, radiation generated in these thermonuclear explosions can have a discernible effect on the surrounding accretion flow that consists of an accretion disk and a hot electron corona. Type-I X-ray bursts can therefore serve as direct, repeating probes of the internal dynamics of the accretion process. In this work we review and interpret the observational evidence for the impact that Type-I X-ray bursts have on accretion disks and coronae. We also provide an outlook of how to make further progress in this research field with prospective experiments and analysis techniques, and by exploiting the technical capabilities of the new and concept X-ray missions ASTROSAT, NICER, Insight-HXMT, eXTP, and STROBE-X.
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Accretion, accretion disks; Stars: coronae; Stars: jets; Stars: neutron; X-rays: binaries; X-rays: bursts
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Depositing User: Manoneeta Chakraborty
Date Deposited: 20 May 2023 20:35
Last Modified: 20 May 2023 20:35
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/45616

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