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X-Ray Binaries & Accretion Physics: Observation, Measurement & Evidence

X-ray binaries contain a neutron star or black hole accreting matter from a stellar companion. X-ray binaries test strong gravity, accretion, neutron-star surfaces, black-hole candidates, jets, and binary stellar evolution.

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X-Ray Binaries & Accretion Physics: Observation, Measurement & Evidence

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X-ray binaries contain a neutron star or black hole accreting matter from a stellar companion.

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Angular momentum forces transferred gas into orbit before it can fall inward.

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X-ray spectra, rapid variability, Doppler-shifted companion-star lines, eclipses, and orbital mass functions reveal compact objects.