High-mass X-ray binaries and OB-runaway stars

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2001-01-17

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0101303v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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15 pages, latex (sty file included) with 5 embedded figures (one in jpg format), to appear in Proc. "Influence of binaries on

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High-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs) represent an important phase in the evolution of massive binary systems. HMXBs provide unique diagnostics to test massive-star evolution, to probe the physics of radiation-driven winds, to study the process of mass accretion, and to measure fundamental parameters of compact objects. As a consequence of the supernova explosion that produced the neutron star (or black hole) in these systems, HMXBs have high space velocities and thus are runaways. Alternatively, OB-runaway stars can be ejected from a cluster through dynamical interactions. Observations obtained with the Hipparcos satellite indicate that both scenarios are at work. Only for a minority of the OB runaways (and HMXBs) a wind bow shock has been detected. This might be explained by the varying local conditions of the interstellar medium.

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