2004/04/06 by Frank Verbunt, Verbunt, Frank, Walter H. G. Lewin +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0404136
40 pages, to appear as Chapter 8 in "Compact Stellar X-ray Sources", eds. W.H.G. Lewin and M. van der Klis, Cambridge University Press
arxiv created 2005/07/22 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
After a brief historical overview we discuss the luminous X-ray sources in globular clusters of our Galaxy. This is followed by an overview of the very luminous X-ray sources studied in globular clusters of 14 other galaxies, and a discussion of their formation and the relation to X-ray sources outside globular clusters. We describe the discovery and classification of low-luminosity X-ray sources, and end the review with some remarks on the formation and evolution of X-ray sources in globular clusters. Observational results are summarized in three tables. Comments are very welcome. Please send them to [email protected] and [email protected].