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Dec 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991apj...383..324d&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 383, Dec. 10, 1991, p. 324-329.
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Pulsars, Stellar Orbits, X Ray Binaries, Accretion Disks, Stellar Mass, Stellar Models, Stellar Winds
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From a pulse-timing analysis of Ginga observations of the binary X-ray pulsar Her X-1 obtained during the interval 1989 April-June local orbital parameters are determined for a short high state. An orbital epoch is also determined in the adjacent main high state. By comparing these orbital solutions with previously published results, a decrease is detected in the orbital period for Her X-1 over the interval 1971-1989. The value is substantially larger than the value predicted from current estimates of the mass-transfer rate, and motivates consideration of other mechanisms of mass transfer and/or mass loss. A second result from these observations is a close agreement between orbital parameters determined separately in main high and short high states. This agreement places strong constraints on the obliquity of the stellar companion, HZ Her, if undergoing forced precession with a 35-day period. As a consequence further doubt is placed on the slaved-disk model as the underlying cause of the 35-day cycle in Her X-1.
Boynton Paul E.
Deeter John E.
Kawai Nobuyuki
Kitamoto Shunji
Miyamoto Sigenori
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