Black hole-like hysteresis and accretion states in neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries
Black hole-like hysteresis and accretion states in neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries
We have systematically studied a large sample of the neutron star low mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) monitored by the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (50 sources; 10000+ observations). We find that the hysteresis patterns between Compton dominated and thermal dominated states, typically observed in black hole LMXBs, are also common in …