New Insights into X-ray Binaries

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2009-04-07

arxiv.org/abs/0904.1116v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

12 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables, Invited review to plenary session in "Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics V", Proceedings of the

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X-ray binaries are excellent laboratories to study collapsed objects. On the one hand, transient X-ray binaries contain the best examples of stellar-mass black holes while persistent X-ray binaries mostly harbour accreting neutron stars. The determination of stellar masses in persistent X-ray binaries is usually hampered by the overwhelming luminosity of the X-ray heated accretion disc. However, the discovery of high-excitation emission lines from the irradiated companion star has opened new routes in the study of compact objects. This paper presents novel techniques which exploits these irradiated lines and summarises the dynamical masses obtained for the two populations of collapsed stars: neutron stars and black holes.

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