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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