Tev Emission from Close Binaries
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It is commonly accepted that candidates for very high energy-ray sources are neutron stars, binary systems, black holes etc. Close binary systems containing a normal hot star and a neutron star (or a black hole) form an important class of very high energy-ray sources. Such systems are variable in any region of the electromagnetic spectrum and they enable us to study various stages of stellar evolution, accretion processes, mechanisms of particle acceleration etc. Phenomena connected with this class of very high energy-ray sources are discussed. Particular emphasis has been placed on the TeV energy region.
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تاریخ انتشار 1995