The Evolution of Galactic X-Ray Binaries

Abstract

The Role of Binaries in Globular Cluster Evolution.- Common Envelope Evolution.- Origin and Evolution of X-Ray Binaries in Globular Clusters.- A Note on the Nature of the Secondaries in Ultra-Compact Binaries.- Wind Fed X-Ray Binaries.- The Three Types of High Mass X-Ray Pulsator.- Orbital Period Changes in Massive X-Ray Binaries.- From Wide to Close Binaries?.- Evolution of Close Binaries and the Formation of Neutron Stars.- Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in GX 5-1 and SCO X-1.- Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in the X-Ray Flux of CYG X-2 and Their Relation to the Source Spectra.- Quasi-Periodic Oscillations as a Probe of Galactic-Bulge X-Ray Sources.- On the Nature of the Quasiperiodic Oscillations of Low Mass X-Ray Binaries.- The Duration of the Detached Phase in Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries in which the Neutron Star was Formed by Accretion-Induced Collapse of a White Dwarf.- Some Remarks on Classifications of Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries.- Two Spectral Components and Their Luminosity-Related Changes of Low-Mass Binary X-Ray Sources.- The Evolution of Low Mass Binary Systems.- Eclipse of a Bright Spot in the Disk of Her X-1.- The Orbital Periods of the Low Mass X-Ray Binaries.- Exosat Observations of the 35-Day Cycle of Her X-1 Evidence for Neutron Star Precession.- Timing Analysis of the Galactic Bulge X-Ray Source GX 17+2.- On the Evolution of Her X-1.- Do Neutron Star Magnetic Fields Decay?.- Secular Evolution of Cataclysmic Binaries.- The Evolution of Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables.- Variability of Apparent Radii in the Decay Part of Type I X-Ray Bursts.