Chapter 14: Problem 44
Fate of an \(X\) -Ray Binary. The X-ray bursts that happen on the surface of an accreting neutron star are not powerful enough to accelerate the exploding material to escape velocity. Predict what will happen in an X-ray binary system in which the companion star eventually feeds over 3 solar masses of matter into the neutron star's accretion disk.
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