High-mass X-ray Binaries: Illuminating the Passage from Massive Binaries to Merging Compact Objects Oskinova, Lidia M. ; Bozzo, Enrico ; Bulik, Tomasz ; Gies, Douglas R. Abstract Publication: IAU Symposium Pub Date: December 2019 DOI: 10.1017/S1743921319006586 Bibcode: 2019IAUS..346.....O