Optical studies of the X-ray transient XTE J2123-058 -I. Photometry

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2000-03-07

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0003092v1

Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 316 (2000) 137

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

6 pages, 6 figures

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03502.x

We present optical photometry of the X-ray transient XTE J2123-058, obtained in July-October 1998. The light curves are strongly modulated on the 5.95hrs orbital period, and exhibit dramatic changes in amplitude and form during the decline. We used synthetic models which include the effect of partial eclipses and X-ray heating effects, to estimate the system parameters, and we constrain the binary inclination to be i=73+-4 degrees. The model is successful in reproducing the light curves at different stages of the decay by requiring the accretion disc to become smaller and thinner by 30% as the system fades by 1.7 mags in the optical. From Aug 26 the system reaches quiescence with a mean magnitude of R=21.7+-0.1 and our data are consistent with the optical variability being dominated by the companion's ellipsoidal modulation.

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