Consider an X-Ray Binary System in Which a Compact Object

question 24

Multiple Choice

Consider an X-ray binary system in which a compact object, surrounded by an accretion disk, is in a binary orbit with another star. All of the following statements about such accretion disks are true except:

• A) X-rays are emitted by the hot gas in the accretion disk.
• B) The accretion disk consists of material that spills off the companion star.
• C) The compact object may be either a neutron star or a black hole.
• D) Several examples of flattened accretion disks being "fed" by a large companion star can be seen clearly in photos from the Hubble Space Telescope.
• E) The radiation from an accretion disk may vary rapidly in time.

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Definitions:

Conditioning

A behavioral process whereby a response becomes more frequent or more predictable in a given environment as a result of reinforcement, with reinforcement typically being a stimulus or reward for a desired response.

Surprise

An emotional response to unexpected events or information, characterized by heightened interest and physiological arousal.

Conditioned Emotional Response

A type of learned response in which an emotional reaction is elicited by a previously neutral stimulus through conditioning.

Classical Conditioning

The process of learning through which two stimuli are continually paired; a reaction that starts out being elicited by the second stimulus is in the end prompted by the sole presentation of the first stimulus.