X-ray sources and planetary nebulae
Abstract
CURRENT models of X-ray sources in binary systems generally assume accretion on to a neutron star, a black hole or a white dwarf as the mechanism of X-ray production. The accretion takes place from either a stellar wind or the inner Lagrangian point1-5. Here we explore the possible existence of a compact X-ray source in a binary system, where the companion star ejects its envelope to become a planetary nebula.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- November 1975
- DOI:
- 10.1038/258308a0
- Bibcode:
- 1975Natur.258..308L
- Keywords:
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- Binary Stars;
- Neutron Stars;
- Planetary Nebulae;
- X Ray Sources;
- X Ray Stars;
- Astronomical Models;
- Companion Stars;
- Deposition;
- Stellar Envelopes;
- Stellar Evolution;
- Astrophysics