A Compact Body Pulls Material from a Binary Companion

question 171

Multiple Choice

A compact body pulls material from a binary companion.This material plunges toward the compact body,forms an accretion disk,and emits X-rays.Which phenomenon would this description NOT fit?

• A) a pulsating X-ray source
• B) an X-ray burster
• C) a black hole in a binary system
• D) a nova

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