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Autores principales: Zhen, Guoqing, Liu, Helei, Dohi, Akira, Lü, Guoliang, Nishimura, Nobuya, Zhu, Chunhua, Xu, Renxin
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Publicado: 2025
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Acceso en línea:https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.10992
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author Zhen, Guoqing
Liu, Helei
Dohi, Akira
Lü, Guoliang
Nishimura, Nobuya
Zhu, Chunhua
Xu, Renxin
author_facet Zhen, Guoqing
Liu, Helei
Dohi, Akira
Lü, Guoliang
Nishimura, Nobuya
Zhu, Chunhua
Xu, Renxin
contents In this study, we calculate for the first time the impacts of neutron star(NS) structure on the type I X-ray burst ashes using the \texttt{MESA} code. We find an increased mass fraction of the heavier elements with increasing surface gravity (increase mass or decrease radius), resulting in a higher average mass number ($A_{\rm ash}$) of burst ashes (except for higher mass NS due to the competition between the envelope temperature and the recurrence time). The burst strength ($α$) increases as surface gravity increases, which indicates the positive correlation between $A_{\rm ash}$ and $α$ with changes in surface gravity. If the $α$ value is higher, heavier $p$-nuclei should be produced by the type I X-ray burst nucleosynthesis. Besides, the effects of various burst input parameters, e.g. base heating ($Q_{\rm b}$), metallicity ($Z$) and some new reaction rates are calculated for comparison. We find that the heavier nuclei synthesis is inversely correlated to the base heating/metallicity, the smaller the base heating/metallicity, the greater the mass fraction of the heavier elements. The $α$ value decreases as $Q_{\rm b}$ or $Z$ decreases, which also indicates the positive correlation between $A_{\rm ash}$ and $α$ with variation in $Q_{\rm b}$ or $Z$. The new reaction rates from the $(p,γ)$ reactions on $^{17}\rm{F}$, $^{19}\rm{F}$, $^{26}\rm{P}$, $^{56}\rm{Cu}$, $^{65}\rm{As}$, and $(α,p)$ reaction on $^{22}\rm{Mg}$ have only minimal effects on burst ashes. In hydrogen-rich X-ray binary systems, nuclei heavier than $^{64}\rm{Ge}$ are fertile produced with larger NS mass, smaller NS radius, smaller base heating and smaller metallicity.
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spellingShingle Systematic study of the composition of Type I X-ray burst ashes: Neutron star structure v.s. Reaction rate uncertainties
Zhen, Guoqing
Liu, Helei
Dohi, Akira
Lü, Guoliang
Nishimura, Nobuya
Zhu, Chunhua
Xu, Renxin
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
In this study, we calculate for the first time the impacts of neutron star(NS) structure on the type I X-ray burst ashes using the \texttt{MESA} code. We find an increased mass fraction of the heavier elements with increasing surface gravity (increase mass or decrease radius), resulting in a higher average mass number ($A_{\rm ash}$) of burst ashes (except for higher mass NS due to the competition between the envelope temperature and the recurrence time). The burst strength ($α$) increases as surface gravity increases, which indicates the positive correlation between $A_{\rm ash}$ and $α$ with changes in surface gravity. If the $α$ value is higher, heavier $p$-nuclei should be produced by the type I X-ray burst nucleosynthesis. Besides, the effects of various burst input parameters, e.g. base heating ($Q_{\rm b}$), metallicity ($Z$) and some new reaction rates are calculated for comparison. We find that the heavier nuclei synthesis is inversely correlated to the base heating/metallicity, the smaller the base heating/metallicity, the greater the mass fraction of the heavier elements. The $α$ value decreases as $Q_{\rm b}$ or $Z$ decreases, which also indicates the positive correlation between $A_{\rm ash}$ and $α$ with variation in $Q_{\rm b}$ or $Z$. The new reaction rates from the $(p,γ)$ reactions on $^{17}\rm{F}$, $^{19}\rm{F}$, $^{26}\rm{P}$, $^{56}\rm{Cu}$, $^{65}\rm{As}$, and $(α,p)$ reaction on $^{22}\rm{Mg}$ have only minimal effects on burst ashes. In hydrogen-rich X-ray binary systems, nuclei heavier than $^{64}\rm{Ge}$ are fertile produced with larger NS mass, smaller NS radius, smaller base heating and smaller metallicity.
title Systematic study of the composition of Type I X-ray burst ashes: Neutron star structure v.s. Reaction rate uncertainties
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.10992