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observational overview of state transitions in x-ray binaries

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NEUTRON STARS<br />

hard - s<strong>of</strong>t - <strong>transitions</strong><br />

hard<br />

transitional<br />

s<strong>of</strong>t<br />

Let me flip the diagram around and <strong>in</strong>crease the time resolution a bit, for my discussion <strong>of</strong><br />

the super-Edd<strong>in</strong>gton transient XTE J1701-462. The same three <strong>state</strong>s are identified <strong>in</strong> this<br />

diagram.

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