New developments in studies of compact X-ray binariesSeveral recent developments, both observational and theoretical, on the study of X-ray binaries and the compact objects they contain are discussed. The recent discovery of the first binary periods for the globular cluster X-ray sources has stimulated a new model for their origin. As a variant of the 'standard' tidal capture origin model, this predicts an enhanced number of neutron stars in globular clusters. Long term timing studies of X-ray binaries may be consistent with many of these systems, primarily X-ray burst sources, being in fact hierarchical triple systems. Finally, the radio studies of Cyg X-3 and other X-ray binaries suggest that nonthermal processes are as important, energetically, as accretion processes in these systems.
Document ID
19880062407
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Grindlay, Jonathan E. (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1987
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Meeting Information
Meeting: Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics