X-ray Binaries

Abstract

Preface 1. The properties of X-ray binaries, N. E. White, F. Nagase and A. N. Parmar 2. Optical and ultraviolet observations of X-ray binaries J. van Paradijs and J. E. McClintock 3. Black-hole binaries Y. Tanaka and W. H. G. Lewin 4. X-ray bursts Walter H. G. Lewin, Jan Van Paradijs and Ronald E. Taam 5. Millisecond pulsars D. Bhattacharya 6. Rapid aperiodic variability in binaries M. van der Klis 7. Radio properties of X-ray binaries R. M. Hjellming and X. Han 8. Cataclysmic variable stars France Anne-Dominic Cordova 9. Normal galaxies and their X-ray binary populations G. Fabbiano 10. Accretion in close binaries Andrew King 11. Formation and evolution of neutron stars and black holes in binaries F. Verbunt and E. P. J. van den Heuvel 12. The magnetic fields of neutron stars and their evolution D. Bhattacharya and G. Srinivasan 13. Cosmic gamma-ray bursts K. Hurley 14. A catalogue of X-ray binaries Jan van Paradijs 15. A compilation of cataclysmic binaries with known or suspected orbital periods Hans Ritter and Ulrich Kolb References Index.