LMXB


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LMXB

Abbrev. for low-mass X-ray binary. See X-ray binary.
Collins Dictionary of Astronomy © Market House Books Ltd, 2006
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Yet another subclass is those at the low-[B.sub.d] and short-P end, a mixture of millisecond pulsars (MSPs; isolated or in wide binaries) and Low-Mass X-ray Binaries (LMXBs).
4, BXPs and LMXBs accrete gas from their binary companions, and emit X-rays powered by gravitational energies released by the accreting matter.
X-ray studies of neutron stars and their magnetic fields
Given the large number of the latter and their known spin-down ages (averaging 3 billion years), one would expect to find 20 or 30 LMXBs just to support the current millisecond-pulsar population if they are forming continuously.
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Intriguingly, when the donor in an LMXB fills (or nearly fills) its Roche lobe, it absorbs as much as 10 percent of the X-rays given off by the accretor.
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According to the scientists, in most LMXBs, the gas in the disk spirals inward heats up as it heads toward the black hole and produces a steady stream of X-rays.
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