Editing X-ray binary (section)

==Classification==
[[File:A game-changer SS-433.tif|thumb|Microquasar SS-433.<ref>{{cite web |title=A game-changer |url=https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1928a/ |website=www.eso.org |access-date=15 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref>]]

X-ray binaries are further subdivided into several (sometimes overlapping) subclasses, that perhaps reflect the underlying physics better.  Note that the classification by mass (high, intermediate, low) refers to the optically visible donor, not to the compact X-ray emitting accretor.

* [[#Low-mass X-ray binary|Low-mass X-ray binaries]] (LMXBs)
** [[Soft X-ray transient]]s (SXTs)
** [[Symbiotic variable star|Symbiotic X-ray binaries]]
** [[Super soft X-ray source]]s or Super soft sources<ref>[http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/objects/cvs/cvstext.html Introduction to Cataclysmic Variables (CVs)], NASA, 2006.</ref> (SSXs), (SSXB)
** Accreting millisecond X-ray pulsars (AMXPs)<ref>{{Citation |last1=Patruno |first1=Alessandro |title=Accreting Millisecond X-ray Pulsars |date=2021 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-62110-3_4 |work=Timing Neutron Stars: Pulsations, Oscillations and Explosions |pages=143–208 |editor-last=Belloni |editor-first=Tomaso M. |place=Berlin, Heidelberg |publisher=Springer |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-662-62110-3_4 |isbn=978-3-662-62110-3 |access-date=2022-06-16 |last2=Watts |first2=Anna L. |volume=461 |editor2-last=Méndez |editor2-first=Mariano |editor3-last=Zhang |editor3-first=Chengmin|arxiv=1206.2727 |bibcode=2021ASSL..461..143P |s2cid=118471125 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-09-30 |title=Millisecond Pulsar Catalog - Black Sidus |url=https://blacksidus.com/millisecond-pulsar-catalogue/ |access-date=2022-06-16 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[#Intermediate-mass X-ray binary|Intermediate-mass X-ray binaries]] (IMXBs)
** Ultracompact X-ray binaries (UCXBs)<ref>{{Cite journal |arxiv = 1608.02088|bibcode = 2016ApJ...830..131C|title = Evolution of Intermediate-mass X-Ray Binaries Driven by the Magnetic Braking of AP/BP Stars. I. Ultracompact X-Ray Binaries|journal = The Astrophysical Journal|volume = 830|issue = 2|pages = 131|last1 = Chen|first1 = Wen-Cong|last2 = Podsiadlowski|first2 = Philipp|year = 2016|doi = 10.3847/0004-637X/830/2/131|s2cid = 118475703 | doi-access=free }}</ref>
* [[#High-mass X-ray binary|High-mass X-ray binaries]] (HMXBs)
** [[Be X-ray binaries|Be/X-ray binaries]] (BeXRBs)
** [[X-ray astronomy#Analytical X-ray astronomy|Supergiant X-ray binaries]] (SGXBs)
** [[X-ray astronomy#Exotic X-ray sources|Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients]] (SFXTs)<ref>{{Cite journal |arxiv = astro-ph/0511088|bibcode = 2006ESASP.604..165N|title = Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients: A New Class of High Mass X-ray Binaries Unveiled by INTEGRAL|journal = The X-Ray Universe 2005|volume = 604|issue = 2006|pages = 165|last1 = Negueruela|first1 = I|last2 = Smith|first2 = D. M|last3 = Reig|first3 = P|last4 = Chaty|first4 = S|last5 = Torrejón|first5 = J. M|year = 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |arxiv = 0809.3157|bibcode = 2008cosp...37.2892S|title = Transient outburst mechanisms|journal = 37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly|volume = 37|pages = 2892|last1 = Sidoli|first1 = Lara|year = 2008|author2 = Ed van den Heuvel}}</ref>
* Others
** [[X-ray burster]]s
** [[X-ray pulsar]]s
** [[#Microquasar|Microquasar]]s (radio-jet X-ray binaries that can house either a neutron star or a black hole)