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X-Ray Astronomy 2
X-ray Binaries
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PDF of this chapter: xray2chap4.pdf (12.8 MB)
Introduction
History, Intermezzo: The name of the game, History, Optical Appearance, Mass Determination, Masses of XRBs, Mass/Orbits
Mass Transfer
Reminder: Accretion, Roche Lobe Overflow, Stellar Wind Accretion, Be Accretion
Low Mass X-ray Binaries
Low-Mass XRB, LMXB: Properties, Eclipses, Dips, Her X-1: 35\protect \kern +.1667em\relax d cycle, Warped Disks, Evolution of pulse profiles, Explanation, X-Ray Bursts, Bursting Pulsar, QPOs
High Mass X-ray Binaries
High-Mass XRB, HMXB: System Parameters, X-rays probing stellar winds, Magnetospheric Accretion, Pulse Histories
Accretion Column
Fan Beam vs. Pencil Beam, Pulse Variability, Landau Levels, Cyclotron Resonance Features, CRFs: Summary
Black Hole Candidates
Black Holes
Transient Black Hole Candidates
Transient Black Hole Candidates
Persistent Black Hole Candidates
Hard State, Long Term Variability, LMC X-3, State Transitions, Cyg X-1
Microquasars
Microquasars, Superluminal Motion, GRS\protect \unhbox \voidb@x \penalty \@M \ {}1915+105
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