The reactions and ashes of thermonuclear explosions on neutron stars

Abstract

This paper reports on the detailed rp-process reaction flow on an accreting neutron star and the resulting ashes of a type I X-ray burst. It is obtained by coupling a 298 isotope reaction network to a self-consistent one-dimensional model calculation with a constant accretion rate of dM/dt=1.0e17g/s (0.09 Eddington).

4 pages, 2 figures, submitted to the INPC2004 proceedings

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