Low-Mass X-ray Binaries
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| Publication date | 2024 |
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| Book title | Handbook of X-ray and Gamma-ray Astrophysics |
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| Chapter | 105 |
| Volume | Issue number | 6 |
| Pages (from-to) | 3657-3718 |
| Publisher | Singapore: Springer |
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| Abstract |
A large fraction of X-ray sources in our Galaxy are low-mass X-ray binaries, containing a black hole or a neutron star accreting from a gravitationally bound low-mass (<∼1 M⊙) companion star. These systems are among the older population of stars and accreting systems in the Galaxy and typically have long accretion histories. Low-mass X-ray binaries are categorized into various subclasses based on their observed properties such as X-ray variability and brightness, nature of the companion star and/or the compact object, and binary configuration. In this chapter, we review the phenomenology of subclasses of these systems and summarize observational finding regarding their characteristics, populations, and their distribution in the Galaxy.
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| Document type | Chapter |
| Note | Also published as a Living reference work entry (2023) |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6960-7_94 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4544-0_94-1 |
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