Black-Hole Candidates in X-ray Binaries

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2379. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars, Binary Stars

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X-ray binaries are short-period (hours to days) interacting binaries in which one component is an (almost) normal star transferring material onto its compact companion via an ACCRETION DISK around the compact object. Matter spirals in the intense gravitational field, eventually falling onto the surface of the compact companion, which can be a white dwarf, neutron star or black hole. However, the ...

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