Faint Galactic X-ray Binaries

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2008-06-24

arxiv.org/abs/0806.3888v1

AIP Conf.Proc.1010:109-116,2008

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

8 pages, published in the proceedings of "A population Explosion", AIP Conference Proceedings Volume 1010, pp. 109-116

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.2945016

We present a short overview of the properties of faint Galactic X-ray binaries. We place emphasis on current classification scenarios. One of the important parameters for the faint sources is their intrinsic luminosity. In the case of low-mass X-ray binaries it has recently been realised that besides a phase of radius expansion, the duration of type I X-ray bursts can be used as a primer for the source luminosity in some cases. Further, we show that a very low equivalent width of hydrogen and helium emission lines in the optical spectrum alone is not a tell-tale sign for an ultra-compact system. Finally, we list and discuss some unusual sources that could be X-ray binaries.

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