Long-Term Behaviour of High Mass X-Ray Binaries in the SMC

Details Long-Term Behaviour of High Mass X-Ray Binaries in the SMC Long-Term Behaviour of High Mass X-Ray Binaries in the SMC

Dec 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004aas...20510211g&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society Meeting 205, #102.11; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 36, p.1513

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

1

Scientific paper

High Mass X-ray Binary (HMXB) systems involving a neutron star orbiting a young, massive star frequently become sources of pulsed X-radiation when the neutron star accretes material from its companion during part, or all of its orbit. There are over 100 such systems currently known, with over one third of them located in the Small Magellanic Cloud, which makes the SMC a perfect study ground for HMXBs.
Our team has been carrying out a weekly monitoring campaign of the SMC with the PCA onboard RXTE since January 1999. In this poster we study the long-term behaviour of the most active systems and discuss the implications for orbital calculations, pulse/orbital period correlations, and the influence of the stellar environment. We also report on the ˜35 day orbital period recently discovered for the Be/X-ray system XTE J0055-727.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Long-Term Behaviour of High Mass X-Ray Binaries in the SMC does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Long-Term Behaviour of High Mass X-Ray Binaries in the SMC, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Long-Term Behaviour of High Mass X-Ray Binaries in the SMC will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1642002