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Observations of X-ray bursts from 10 sources reveal a remarkable uniformity in the properties of X-ray burst sources: if the peak luminosity in a burst is a standard candle the effective black body radius observed in bursts, is the same for all burst sources.
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van Paradijs, J. Average properties of X-ray burst sources. Nature 274, 650–653 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/274650a0
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