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Note on LMC X-4

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

Tibor J. Herczeg*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma 73019, U.S.A.

Abstract

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Orbital and stellar parameters of the massive X-ray binary LMC X-4 are rediscussed with particular attention to a possible “higher mass” (> 1.4 M) neutron star in the system.

Type
Oral and Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1992 

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