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The observational properties of Sco X-1, Cyg X-2, and Cen X-3 are reviewed in connection with the hypothesis that X-ray power is derived from gravitational energy released when matter is accreted onto the surface of one component in a mass transfer binary star. Evolutionary mechanisms for producing suitable types of binaries are considered. The following boundary conditions on possible evolutionary models are also treated briefly: (1) a quite significant fraction of hard X-ray sources are associated with the nuclear bulge of the galaxy; (2) mass-transfer binaries such as U Gem stars are not hard X-ray sources; (3) counts of binary stars lead to a considerably larger number of X-ray source candidates than are actually observed.
Contributions from the Lick Observatory, No. 368. This paper was prepared for, but not given at the symposium. In the author’s absence, Dr E. van den Heuvel kindly consented to present his own review of similar material.
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Kraft, R.P. (1973). Binary Systems as X-ray Sources: A Review. In: Bradt, H., Giacconi, R. (eds) X- and Gamma-Ray Astronomy. International Astronomical Union/Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 55. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2585-0_4
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