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Binary X-ray Sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2017

Riccardo Giacconi
Riccardo Giacconi*
Affiliation:
Center for Astrophysics, Harvard College Observatory/Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Mass. 02138, U.S.A.

Abstract

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The observational data concerning binary X-ray sources is reviewed, with emphasis placed on Her X-1, Cen X-3 and Cyg X-1. In particular, the evidence for the identification of Cyg X-1 as a black hole is discussed.

Type
Part III: Accretion of Matter and X-Ray Sources
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 64: Gravitational Radiation and Gravitational Collapse , 1974 , pp. 147 - 180
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1974 

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