Weak Bursts on Slowly Accreting Neutron Stars

2025/06/18 by Casten, Sierra, Guichandut, Simon, Cumming, Andrew +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #FOS: Physical sciences #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2506.15818

openalex publication_date 2025/06/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Here are the files necessary to reproduce the burst simulations from our work, "Weak X-Ray Bursts on Slowly Accreting Neutron Stars," using MESA version 23.05.1, compiled with MESA SDK version 23.7.3.

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