UNDERSTANDING X-RAY STARS:. The Discovery of Binary X-ray Sources

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Sep 2000

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EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE A Festschrift in Honor of R Giacconi . Held October 1997 in Rome, Italy. Edited by H Gursky (Naval Resear

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The discovery of binary X-ray sources with UHURU introduced many new concepts to astronomy. It provided the canonical model which explained X-ray emission from a large class of galactic X-ray sources: it confirmed the existence of collapsed objects as the source of intense X-ray emission; showed that such collapsed objects existed in binary systems, with mass accretion as the energy source for the X-ray emission; and provided compelling evidence for the existence of black holes. This model also provided the basis for explaining the power source of AGNs and QSOs. The process of discovery and interpretation also established X-ray astronomy as an essential sub-discipline of astronomy, beginning its incorporation into the mainstream of astronomy.

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