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Burst source | Mean burst duration (s)a | Tail/prompt ratio | Ref.b | |||
time scalec | ![]() |
taile | in timef | in fluenceg | ||
Sources discussed here | ||||||
GS 1826-24 |
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44.6 | ![]() |
32/28 | 0.03 (300 s) | |
(600-5500 s) | ||||||
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4U 1728-34 |
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12.6 | ![]() |
53/25 | 0.09 (100 s) | |
(200-800 s) | ||||||
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EXO 0748-676 |
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36.3 |
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22/8 | 0.01 (300 s) | |
(400-1200 s) | ||||||
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Literature cases | ||||||
GX 3+1 | ![]() |
6 | 1110 ![]() |
370/185 | 40 (10 s) | 1 |
M 28 | 7.5 | 800-3250 | ![]() |
>1.4i (90 s) | 2 | |
Aql X-1 | 18.4 | ![]() |
34 | 3 | ||
OSO-8 long burst | 44.8 | 215.7 | 5 | 0.01 (150 s) | 4 |
a Averaged over the bursts cataloged by Galloway et al. (2008); b references: 1 - Chenevez et al. (2006); 2 - Gotthelf & Kulkarni (1997); 3 - Czerny et al. (1987); 4 - Swank et al. (1977); c the time scale is defined as the burst fluence divided by the peak flux; d ![]() ![]() |
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