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Galactic Populations Of X-Ray Binaries

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Timing Neutron Stars

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The Galaxy contains two major groups of accretion-driven stellar X-ray sources, the high-mass and the low-mass X-ray binaries. In this paper the properties of these two types of sources are briefly described, with some emphasis on optical observations. The differences between their properties are likely related to a large difference in the magnetic fields of the neutron stars in these objects. A brief discussion is given of the evidence that magnetic fields of neutron stars decay.

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van Paradijs, J. (1989). Galactic Populations Of X-Ray Binaries. In: Ögelman, H., van den Heuvel, E.P.J. (eds) Timing Neutron Stars. NATO ASI Series, vol 262. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2273-0_15

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