Some aspects of the evolutionary history of X-ray double stars

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Introduction and summary

1: On the detection of binaries with a collapsed component

2: Are binary systems involved in supernova explosions always disrupted?

3: Supernova explosions in close binary systems, with an application to centaurus X-3

4: Supernova explosions in close binary systems. II. Runaway velocities of x-ray binaries

5: On the tidal evolution of massive x-ray binaries

6: The evolution of massive close binaries. III. The possibility of a tidal instability during the post supernova phase

7: The formation of globular cluster x-ray surces through neutron star - giant collisions

Acknowledgements

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