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The Relation between Spin and Orbital Periods in HMXBs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Q. Z. Liu ,
X. D. Li  and
D. M. Wei
Q. Z. Liu
Affiliation:
Purple Mountain Observatory, Academia Sinica, Nanjing 210008, China
X. D. Li
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
D. M. Wei
Affiliation:
Purple Mountain Observatory, Academia Sinica, Nanjing 210008, China

Abstract

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The relation between the spin period (Ps) and the orbital period (Po) in high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs) is investigated. In order for Be/X-ray binaries to locate above the critical line of observable X-ray emission due to accretion, it is necessary for an intermediate orbital eccentricity to be introduced. We suggest that some peculiar systems in the Po − Ps diagram are caused by their peculiar magnetic fields.

Type
Part 6 X-Ray Binaries
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 214: High Energy Processes and Phenomena in Astrophysics , 2003 , pp. 215 - 217
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003 

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