Research Article

Numerical Experiments for Nuclear Flashes toward Superbursts in an Accreting Neutron Star

Table 1

Time catalogue corresponding to the accretion rates for three periods. is the time interval between the periods.

Period 1 2 3
(  yr−1)

Time (  s) 0–12 12–16.8 16.8–18.1
(  s) 12 4.8 1.3
Number of bursts 1237 1416 133
Specific stages of bursts , 1–6 7,