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X-ray star

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X-ray star may refer to:

  • Be/X-ray binary, a class of high-mass X-ray binaries that consist of a Be star and a neutron star
  • X-ray binary, a class of binary stars that are luminous in X-rays
  • X-ray burster, a class of X-ray binary stars exhibiting periodic and rapid increases in luminosity that peak in the X-ray regime of the electromagnetic spectrum
  • X-ray pulsar, a class of astronomical objects that are X-ray sources displaying strict periodic variations in X-ray intensity

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