The light curves of low-mass X-ray binaries

Details The light curves of low-mass X-ray binaries The light curves of low-mass X-ray binaries

May 1987

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Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 178, no. 1-2, May 1987, p. 137-142.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Light Curve, Stellar Coronas, Stellar Mass Accretion, X Ray Binaries, Dipping, Eclipses, Ionization, Stellar Models

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A physical model for the light curves of low-mass X-ray binaries is proposed which accounts for the "dipping" sources as well as for the "coronal" sources depending on the observer's inclination to the orbital plane. A two-phase medium resulting from an ionization instability can explain the various timescales observed in dipping sources. If a two-component spectrum is assumed, the diversity of behaviour observed for the hardness ratio can also be understood.

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