Figure 25

Figure 25: Temperature (local, in the reference frame of the star) vs. density within the crust of an accreting neutron star (soft EoS of the core, M = 1.24M ⊙) in a steady thermal state, with standard cooling of the core (no fast cooling of the direct Urca type). Upper solid curve – ˙ −9.96 −1 M = 10 M ⊙ y. Lower solid curve – ˙ − 11 −1 M = 10 M ⊙ y. H and He burning shells are indicated by asterisks. Deep crustal heating is included. Dashed line – temperature profile without deep crustal heating. Based on Figure 3b of Miralda-Escudé el al. [292].