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Binary X-Ray Stars and Supernovae of Type I
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2015
Abstract
Most of the strong galactic X-ray sources must be low mass, close binary systems, such as Her X-1 and Sco X-1. Two evolutionary scenarios are discussed, both involving type I supernovae that occur when mass-accreting white dwarfs are driven over their mass limit. In one, accepting the correctness of the idea that a neutron star or black hole is the seat of the X-ray emission, the SN occurs before the system is an X-ray source. Another possibility is that the white dwarf is the X-ray source, just prior to its collapse and the ensuing SN.
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