X-ray binaries are a class of binary stars that are luminous in X-rays. The X-rays are produced by matter falling from one component, called the donor...
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Be/X-ray binaries (BeXRBs or BeXBs) are a class of high-mass X-ray binaries that consist of a Be star and a neutron star. The neutron star is usually in...
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X-ray astronomy is an observational branch of astronomy which deals with the study of X-ray observation and detection from astronomical objects. X-radiation...
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X-ray bursters are one class of X-ray binary stars exhibiting X-ray bursts, periodic and rapid increases in luminosity (typically a factor of 10 or greater)...
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intensity. The X-ray periods range from as little as a fraction of a second to as much as several minutes. An X-ray pulsar is a type of binary star system...
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variable stars and super soft X-ray sources), neutron star or black hole (X-ray binaries). Some Solar System bodies emit X-rays, the most notable being the...
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hole. Probably the best known example of an X-ray binary is the high-mass X-ray binary Cygnus X-1. In Cygnus X-1, the mass of the unseen companion is estimated...
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Biswajit; Ali, Zulfikar (August 2011), "X-Ray Spectroscopy of the High-mass X-Ray Binary Pulsar Centaurus X-3 over Its Binary Orbit", The Astrophysical Journal...
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Neutron star (redirect from Binary neutron stars)
Intermediate-mass X-ray binary pulsars: a class of intermediate-mass X-ray binaries (IMXB), a pulsar with an intermediate mass star. High-mass X-ray binary pulsars:...
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the source region" of occasional X-ray bursts lasting only for about 1 ms. Cygnus X-1 belongs to a high-mass X-ray binary system, located about 7,000 light-years...
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Be–white dwarf X-ray binary systems (BeWDs) are a rare type of X-ray binary consisting of a white dwarf that accretes matter from a rapidly-rotating Be...
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List of astronomy acronyms (redirect from X-Ray Flash)
proto-stellar object HMXB – (celestial object) High-mass x-ray binary, an X-ray-luminous binary system consisting of a compact star and a massive star HOPS...
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}\ K^{3}}{2\pi G}}\left(1-e^{2}\right)^{3/2}.} If the accretor in an X-ray binary has a minimum mass that significantly exceeds the Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff...
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(1 January 2015). "Chandra and XMM monitoring of the black hole X-ray binary IC 10 X-1". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 446 (2): 1399–1410...
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IMBHs is the analogy of the X-ray spectra as scaled-up stellar mass black hole X-ray binaries. The spectra of X-ray binaries have been observed to go through...
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Hercules X-1 (Her X-1), also known as 4U1656+35, is a moderately strong X-ray binary source first studied by the Uhuru satellite. It is composed of a...
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Soft X-ray transients (SXTs), also known as X-ray novae and black hole X-ray transients, are composed of a compact object (most commonly a black hole...
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orbiting the high-mass X-ray binary M51-ULS-1 in the Whirlpool Galaxy was announced. The planet was detected by eclipses of the X-ray source, which consists...
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Ionization cone (section In X-ray binaries)
nuclei. The X-ray binary LMC-X1 contains an ionization cone similar to those found in galactic nuclei. As X-ray binary systems have comparable X-ray power density...
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Swift J1727.8−1613 (category X-ray binaries)
Swift J1727.8-1613 (also known as J1727) is a ultraluminous low-mass x-ray binary 8,800 light years away with an orbital period of about 7.6 hours. The...
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Large Magellanic Cloud (section X-ray sources)
LMC X-ray binaries: LMC X-1, X-2, X-3, X-4 and A 0538–66 (detected by Ariel 5 at A 0538–66), LMC X-2 is the one that is a bright low-mass X-ray binary system...
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X-ray binaries. Using the Chandra X-ray Observatory, Lewin and his graduate student David Pooley made extensive studies of supernovae and faint X-ray...
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Circinus X-1 is an X-ray binary star system that includes a neutron star. Observation of Circinus X-1 in July 2007 revealed the presence of X-ray jets normally...
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Cygnus X-3 is a high-mass X-ray binary (HMXB), one of the stronger binary X-ray sources in the sky. It is often considered to be a microquasar, and it...
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Paradijs, J.; van den Heuvel, E.P.J. (July 2007), "A Catalogue of low-mass X-ray binaries in the Galaxy, LMC, and SMC (Fourth edition)", Astronomy and Astrophysics...
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SS 433 (category Eclipsing binaries)
SS 433 is a microquasar or eclipsing X-ray binary system, consisting of a stellar-mass black hole accreting matter from an A-type companion star. SS 433...
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dwarf Helium planet Neutron Radio-quiet Pulsar Binary X-ray Magnetar Stellar black hole X-ray binary Burster SGR Hypothetical Blue dwarf Black dwarf...
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exchanged between the bodies and produce X-ray light which can appear to pulsate, in a process called the X-ray binary stage. The flow of matter from one stellar...
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Google Books. Ray, Sidney (23 October 2015). Scientific Photography and Applied Imaging. CRC Press. ISBN 9781136094385 – via Google Books. Ray, Sidney (2015-10-23)...
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X-ray star may refer to: Be/X-ray binary, a class of high-mass X-ray binaries that consist of a Be star and a neutron star X-ray binary, a class of binary...
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