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dc.contributor.authorConnaughton, V.
dc.contributor.authorJenke, P.
dc.contributor.authorvan der Horst, A. J.
dc.contributor.authorCamero-Arranz, A.
dc.contributor.authorKouveliotou, C.
dc.contributor.authorBeklen, E.
dc.contributor.authorBhat, P. N.
dc.contributor.authorBriggs, Michael S.
dc.contributor.authorFinger, M.
dc.contributor.authorPaciesas, W. S.
dc.contributor.authorPreece, R.
dc.contributor.authorvon Kienlin, A.
dc.contributor.authorWilson-Hodge, C. A.
dc.contributor.authorLinares, Manuel Alegret
dc.contributor.authorChakrabarty, Deepto
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-21T17:41:04Z
dc.date.available2014-03-21T17:41:04Z
dc.date.issued2012-11
dc.date.submitted2012-07
dc.identifier.issn0004-637X
dc.identifier.issn1538-4357
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/85882
dc.description.abstractThermonuclear bursts from slowly accreting neutron stars (NSs) have proven difficult to detect, yet they are potential probes of the thermal properties of the NS interior. During the first year of a systematic all-sky search for X-ray bursts using the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor aboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope we have detected 15 thermonuclear bursts from the NS low-mass X-ray binary 4U 0614+09 when it was accreting at nearly 1% of the Eddington limit. We measured an average burst recurrence time of 12 ± 3 days (68% confidence interval) between 2010 March and 2011 March, classified all bursts as normal duration bursts and placed a lower limit on the recurrence time of long/intermediate bursts of 62 days (95% confidence level). We discuss how observations of thermonuclear bursts in the hard X-ray band compare to pointed soft X-ray observations and quantify such bandpass effects on measurements of burst radiated energy and duration. We put our results for 4U 0614+09 in the context of other bursters and briefly discuss the constraints on ignition models. Interestingly, we find that the burst energies in 4U 0614+09 are on average between those of normal duration bursts and those measured in long/intermediate bursts. Such a continuous distribution in burst energy provides a new observational link between normal and long/intermediate bursts. We suggest that the apparent bimodal distribution that defined normal and long/intermediate duration bursts during the last decade could be due to an observational bias toward detecting only the longest and most energetic bursts from slowly accreting NSs.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Fermi Guest Investigation Program Grant NNX11AO19G)en_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherIOP Publishingen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/760/2/133en_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alikeen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/en_US
dc.sourcearXiven_US
dc.titleTHE FERMI-GBM X-RAY BURST MONITOR: THERMONUCLEAR BURSTS FROM 4U 0614+09en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationLinares, M., V. Connaughton, P. Jenke, A. J. van der Horst, A. Camero-Arranz, C. Kouveliotou, D. Chakrabarty, et al. “ THE FERMI -GBM X-RAY BURST MONITOR: THERMONUCLEAR BURSTS FROM 4U 0614+09 .” The Astrophysical Journal 760, no. 2 (December 1, 2012): 133.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physicsen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Researchen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorLinares, Manuel Alegreten_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorChakrabarty, Deeptoen_US
dc.relation.journalThe Astrophysical Journalen_US
dc.eprint.versionAuthor's final manuscripten_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dspace.orderedauthorsLinares, M.; Connaughton, V.; Jenke, P.; van der Horst, A. J.; Camero-Arranz, A.; Kouveliotou, C.; Chakrabarty, D.; Beklen, E.; Bhat, P. N.; Briggs, M. S.; Finger, M.; Paciesas, W. S.; Preece, R.; von Kienlin, A.; Wilson-Hodge, C. A.en_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8804-8946
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mit.licenseOPEN_ACCESS_POLICYen_US
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