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Observations are reported of 19 symbiotic stars made with the imaging proportional counter of the Einstein Observatory. Three of the objects (HM Sge, V 1016 Cyg and RR Tel) were detected as soft X-ray sources. All three have shown slow-nova eruptions in the past 40 years. The data are interpreted as support of a model for slow novae involving thermonuclear events on white dwarfs which accrete from M giant companions. Symbiotic stars in their steady state, not being detected X-ray sources, are presumed to be powered by the accretion process alone.
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Allen, D.A. (1982). X-Ray Observations of Symbiotic Stars. In: Friedjung, M., Viotti, R. (eds) The Nature of Symbiotic Stars. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 95. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7834-8_13
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