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Supersoft X-Ray Sources: Proceedings of the International Workshop Held in Garching, Germany, 28 February–1 March 1996

Book information

Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1996
ISBN
3540613900, 9783540613909
DOI
10.1007/BFb0102238
ISSN
0075-8450
LCC
QB821
Open Library ID
OL21843310M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2543924 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Physics 472
Pages
342\342
Topic
Physics
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

Observations with X-ray satellite ROSAT over the past 5 years have established supersoft X-ray sources as a new class of objects in our Galaxy and beyond. Optical follow-up observations have revealed the binary nature of several of them. Recent population synthesis calculations have shown that the number of such binaries is expected to be considerably larger than those of the common low- and high-mass X-ray binaries. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the many recent observational discoveries and theoretical investigations. It describes relations between supersoft sources and other areas in astrophysics. This volume also comprises a complete catalog of presently known supersoft sources including a comprehensive bibliography of observational results.

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