Optical and X-ray study of MS1603+2600

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May 1998

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Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.333, p.540-546 (1998)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars: Individual: Ms1603+2600, Stars: Binaries, Close, Accretion

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We present results from ~ 2 years of optical monitoring of an unusual interacting compact binary MS1603+2600 together with the results of ROSAT observations. Our CCD-photometry confirms the erratic behaviour of the optical light curve shape reported by Morris et al. (1990). The ROSAT-PSPC observations suggest that MS1603 might be a short period soft X-ray transient (SXT) never seen in outburst. This would probably require, that the compact object in MS1603 is a black hole rather than a neutron star. In addition to optical photometry and ROSAT data, we present first circular polarimetric observations of the source and discuss the nature and origin of MS1603+2600. Based on optical observations made at the Nordic Optical Telescope, La Palma

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