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Be stars in X-ray binary systems
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
This paper will review the status of our observations and understanding of Be stars in X-ray binary systems. In virtually all cases the binary partner to the Be star is a neutron star. The circumstellar disk provides the accretion fuel and hence stimulates the X-ray emission, whilst the neutron star provides a valuable probe of the environment around the Be star. The results coming from studies of such systems are helping in our understanding of the Be phenomenon.
- Type
- 7. Interacting Binaries
- Information
- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 175: The Be Phenomenon in Early-Type Stars , 2000 , pp. 656 - 667
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- Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2000
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