Table 4

Characteristics of low-luminosity X-ray sources (AWDs, XRBs, and contact binaries).

Source Spectral emission Luminosity
class (keV) (ergs−1)
Symbiotic: α-type <0.5 Lbol > 1036
Symbiotic: β-type <2.4 Lx ~ 1030–32
Symbiotic: γ-type >2.4 Lx - 1031–34
Symbiotic: δ-type >2.4 Lx > 1034
CV: Non-magnetic 2.-5. Lx ~ 1029–32
CV: Polars <5.0 Lbol ~ 1030–31
CV: Intermediate polars 5.–50. Lx < 1034
Quiescent LMXBs <5. Lx ~ 1031–33
Millisecond pulsars 0.2–2.5 Lx ~ 1030–31
Active binaries <2.5 Lx ~ 1029–32

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