TY - GEN
T1 - Multi-wavelength study of high mass X-ray binaries
AU - Chaty, S.
PY - 2010/1/1
Y1 - 2010/1/1
N2 - The INTEGRAL satellite has revealed a major population of supergiant High Mass X-ray Binaries in our Galaxy, revolutionizing our understanding of binary systems and their evolution. This population, constituted of a compact object orbiting around a massive and luminous supergiant star, exhibits unusual properties, either being extremely absorbed, or showing very short and intense flares. An intensive set of multi-wavelength observations has led us to reveal their nature, and to show that these systems are wind-fed accretors, closely related to massive star-forming regions. In this paper I describe the characteristics of these sources, showing that this newly revealed population is closely linked to the evolution of active and massive OB stars with a compact companion. The last section emphasizes the formation and evolution of such High Mass X-ray Binaries hosting a supergiant star.
AB - The INTEGRAL satellite has revealed a major population of supergiant High Mass X-ray Binaries in our Galaxy, revolutionizing our understanding of binary systems and their evolution. This population, constituted of a compact object orbiting around a massive and luminous supergiant star, exhibits unusual properties, either being extremely absorbed, or showing very short and intense flares. An intensive set of multi-wavelength observations has led us to reveal their nature, and to show that these systems are wind-fed accretors, closely related to massive star-forming regions. In this paper I describe the characteristics of these sources, showing that this newly revealed population is closely linked to the evolution of active and massive OB stars with a compact companion. The last section emphasizes the formation and evolution of such High Mass X-ray Binaries hosting a supergiant star.
KW - X-ray binaries
KW - supergiant stars
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/78751562990
U2 - 10.1063/1.3536385
DO - 10.1063/1.3536385
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78751562990
SN - 9780735408692
T3 - AIP Conference Proceedings
SP - 277
EP - 284
BT - International Conference on Binaries - In Celebration of Ron Webbink's 65th Birthday
PB - American Institute of Physics Inc.
ER -