The endpoint of the rp-process on accreting neutron stars
Author
Schatz, H.
Aprahamian, A.
Bildsten, L.
Cumming, A.
Ouellette, M.
Rauscher, T.
Thielemann, Friedrich-Karl
Wiescher, M.
Attention
2299/10813
Abstract
We find that the rp process in X-ray bursts and in steady state burning, for example in X-ray pulsars, ends in a SnSbTe cycle. We discuss the consequences for the neutron star crust composition an X-ray burst light curves.