Massive X-ray binaries: New developments in the INTEGRAL era

Details Massive X-ray binaries: New developments in the INTEGRAL era Massive X-ray binaries: New developments in the INTEGRAL era

2004-11-29

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0411759v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Contribution presented at the conference "The Many Scales of the Universe - JENAM 2004 Astrophysics Reviews", joint European a

Scientific paper

The study of massive X-ray binaries provides important observational diagnostics for a number of fundamental astrophysical issues, such as the evolution of massive stars, the stellar winds of massive stars, the formation of compact objects and accretion processes. More than three decades of study have led to a coherent picture of their formation and evolution and some understanding of the physical mechanisms involved. As more and more systems are discovered, this picture grows in complexity. Over the last two years, INTEGRAL has discovered a new population of massive X-ray binaries, characterised by absorbed spectra, which challenges some of our previous assumptions and guarantees that this will be a major subject of research for the near future.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Massive X-ray binaries: New developments in the INTEGRAL era does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Massive X-ray binaries: New developments in the INTEGRAL era, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Massive X-ray binaries: New developments in the INTEGRAL era will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-449097