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Chandra spectroscopy of Rapid Burster type-I X-ray bursts
J. J. M. in 't Zand, T. Bagnoli, C. D'Angelo +5
We observed the Rapid Burster with Chandra when it was in the 'banana' state that usually precedes the type-II X-ray bursting 'island' state for which the source is particularly kn…
A strongly truncated inner accretion disk in the Rapid Burster
J. van den Eijnden, T. Bagnoli, N. Degenaar +4
The neutron star (NS) low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) the Rapid Burster (RB; MXB 1730-335) uniquely shows both Type-I and Type-II X-ray bursts. The origin of the latter is ill-underst…
A population study of type II bursts in the Rapid Burster
T. Bagnoli, J. J. M. in 't Zand, C. R. D'Angelo +1
Type II bursts are thought to arise from instabilities in the accretion flow onto a neutron star in an X-ray binary. Despite having been known for almost 40 years, no model can yet…
The cooling rate of neutron stars after thermonuclear shell flashes
J. J. M. in 't Zand, A. Cumming, T. L. Triemstra +2
Thermonuclear shell flashes on neutron stars are detected as bright X-ray bursts. Traditionally, their decay is modeled with an exponential function. However, this is not what theo…
Double-peaked thermonuclear bursts at the soft-hard state transition in the Rapid Burster
T. Bagnoli, J. J. M. in 't Zand, A. Patruno +1
Long suspected to be due to unstable accretion events, the type II bursts exhibited by the Rapid Burster (RB, or MXB 1730-335) still lack an exhaustive explanation. Apart from type…
Indications for a slow rotator in the Rapid Burster from its thermonuclear bursting behaviour
T. Bagnoli, J. J. M. in 't Zand, D. K. Galloway +1
We perform time-resolved spectroscopy of all the type I bursts from the Rapid Burster (MXB 1730-335) detected with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. Type I bursts are detected at hi…