Detection of burning ashes from thermonuclear X-ray bursts

When neutron stars (NS) accrete gas from low-mass binary companions, explosive nuclear burning reactions in the NS envelope fuse hydrogen and helium into heavier elements. The resulting thermonucle ...

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