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Main Authors: Katz, Jonathan I., Nowak, Michael A.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.23474
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  • It has long been suggested that X-ray transients are produced at periastron of stellar-compact object binaries with eccentric orbits. Recoil of matter evaporated from the star by X-rays from matter transferred at periastron increases the orbital semi-major axis and eccentricity. After periastrons the object would be a transient X-ray source, a Galactic analogue of a tidal disruption event (TDE), but recurrent with a gradually increasing period rather than catastrophic.