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THE discovery of galactic X-rays by Giacconi et al.1, confirmed by Friedman et al.2, which was quite unexpected from our present understanding of physical processes in astronomical objects, has induced a variety of theoretical investigations3. Among various mechanisms so far proposed to explain the X-ray sources, the neutron-star hypothesis suggested by several authors4 seems to present a reasonable combination of the radiative power, the distance, the life and the frequency of occurrence of the X-ray sources although the existence of neutron stars is still open to question.
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ODA, M. The Neutron-star Hypothesis of Celestial X-ray Sources. Nature 202, 1321 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2021321a0
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