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29 March 2024
 
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Non-LTE Models for Neutron Star Atmospheres and Supernova-Fallback Disks
K. Werner ; T. Nagel ; T. Rauch ; V. Suleimanov ;
Date 15 Dec 2006
AbstractWe describe our recent progress in modeling supernova-fallback disks and neutron star (NS) atmospheres.
We present a first detailed spectrum synthesis calculation of a SN-fallback disk composed of iron. We assume a thin disk with a radial structure described by the alpha-disk model. The vertical structure and emission spectrum are computed self-consistently by solving the structure equations simultaneously with the radiation transfer equations under non-LTE conditions. We describe the properties of a specific disk model and discuss various effects on the emergent UV/optical spectrum.
We investigate Compton scattering effects on the thermal spectrum of NSs. In addition, we constructed a new generation of metal line-blanketed non-LTE model atmospheres for NSs. It is compared to X-ray burst spectra of EXO0748-676. It is possible that the gravitational redshift, deduced from absorption lines, is lower (z=0.24) than hitherto assumed (z=0.35). Accordingly, this would result in NS mass and radius lower limits of M>1.63Msun and R>13.8 km.
Source arXiv, astro-ph/0612425
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