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observational overview of state transitions in x-ray binaries

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

Homan et al. 2010<br />

NEUTRON STARS<br />

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

Z source (Cyg X-2 like)<br />

And f<strong>in</strong>ally, at the highest lum<strong>in</strong>osities the source start to become a little crazy, with<br />

enormous lum<strong>in</strong>osity sw<strong>in</strong>gs.<br />

This completes for the first time our view <strong>of</strong> behavior from super-Edd<strong>in</strong>gton to lower Lx,<br />

someth<strong>in</strong>g we still don’t have <strong>in</strong> BHCs unfortunately.

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