A model burster: Researchers find the first neutron star that bursts as predicted
Friday, March 2, 2012 - 06:30
in Astronomy & Space
For the first time, researchers at MIT and elsewhere have detected all phases of thermonuclear burning in a neutron star. The star, located close to the center of the galaxy in the globular cluster Terzan 5, is a “model burster,” says Manuel Linares, a postdoc at MIT’s Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research.