Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Apr 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982iaus...98..327r&link_type=abstract
In: Be stars; Proceedings of the Symposium, Munich, West Germany, April 6-10, 1981. (A83-10301 01-90) Dordrecht, D. Reidel Publi
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
101
B Stars, Binary Stars, Companion Stars, Neutron Stars, X Ray Sources, Mass Transfer, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Mass Accretion, X Ray Astronomy, X Ray Binaries, X Ray Stars
Scientific paper
Be star binaries with neutron star companions are shown to constitute a major class of X-ray sources. Some general observational and interpretive techniques of X-ray astronomy are reviewed. Data for 12 Be/X-ray binary systems are summarized. The Be/X-ray binaries are found to be systematically wider systems, with lower-mass primaries, and with significantly more transient behavior than the 'standard' massive X-ray binaries such as Cen X-3 and SMC X-1. The difference between the two types of X-ray binaries is explained in the context of slightly different evolutionary scenarios for the progenitor binaries. The 'standard' massive X-ray binaries result from wind-mass-loss dominated evolution of very massive close binaries, while Be/X-ray binaries probably result from mass-transfer dominated evolution of systems with primary masses less than approximately 20 solar masses. The implications of the X-ray observations of Be/X-ray binaries for Be stars in general are discussed.
Rappaport Saul
van den Heuvel Edward Peter Jacobus
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