Dynamical constraints on the neutron star mass in EXO 0748-676

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2009-01-26

arxiv.org/abs/0901.4119v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

To be published in MNRAS Letters. 5 pages

Scientific paper

10.1111/j.1745-3933.2009.00630.x

We present VLT intermediate resolution spectroscopy of UY Vol, the optical counterpart of the LMXB X-ray burster EXO 0748-676. By using Doppler tomography we detect narrow components within the broad He II 4542 A, 4686 A and 5412 A emission lines. The phase, velocity and narrowness of these lines are consistent with their arising from the irradiated hemisphere of the donor star, as has been observed in a number of LMXBs. Under this assumption we provide the first dynamical constraints on the stellar masses in this system. In particular, we measure K_2>K_em = 300 +/- 10 km/s. Using this value we derive 1 M_sun < M_1 < 2.4 M_sun and 0.11 < q < 0.28. We find M_1 > 1.5 M_sun for the case of a main sequence companion star. Our results are consistent with the presence of a massive neutron star as has been suggested by Ozel (2006), although we cannot discard the canonical value of ~1.4 M_sun.

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