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Effects of Nuclear Burning on X-Ray and UV Emission from Accreting Nonmagnetic Degenerate Dwarfs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

G. J. Weast ,
R. H. Durisen ,
J. N Imamura ,
N. D. Kylafis  and
D. Q. Lamb
G. J. Weast
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Physics, University of Illinois
R. H. Durisen
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Indiana University
J. N Imamura
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Indiana University
N. D. Kylafis
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Illinois
D. Q. Lamb
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Physics, University of Illinois

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The energy liberated by nuclear burning of matter accreting onto degenerate dwarfs can be more than an order of magnitude greater than that available from the release of gravitational potential energy. Nuclear burning therefore significantly alters the characteristics of X radiation from such stars. Here we report the results of calculations in which steady burning occurs at the accretion rate, and compare them with our calculations (Kylafis and Lamb 1979, hereafter KL) which assumed no burning. These two studies illustrate the maximum and minimum effects of nuclear burning. Results for intermediate burning rates can be found by scaling from them.

Type
Colloquium Session II
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 53: White Dwarfs and Variable Degenerate Stars , August 1979 , pp. 140 - 144
Copyright
Copyright © The University of Rochester 1979

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