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observational overview of state transitions in x-ray binaries

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hard<br />

transitional<br />

L<strong>in</strong> et al. 2009<br />

Homan et al. 2010<br />

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

NEUTRON STARS<br />

XTE J1701-462: super-Edd<strong>in</strong>gton transient<br />

hard<br />

transitional<br />

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

I’ll make it a little smaller and add the HID <strong>of</strong> XTE J1701-462, start<strong>in</strong>g with the lowlum<strong>in</strong>osity<br />

phase. Unfortunately XTE J1701-462 moved very rapidly through its low<br />

lum<strong>in</strong>osity phase, but we can still identify a hard, transitional and s<strong>of</strong>t <strong>state</strong>.

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