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Optical Photometry of Black-Hole Candidates
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2016
Abstract
The orbital light curves of SXTs are discussed. In principle, the orbital inclination can be determined from the ellipsoidal variations, allowing a complete solution for the component masses. Complications in this analysis are described, and the evidence for superhumps in the light curves is reviewed. Constraints on the compact-object masses derived from superhumps are described.
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- 5 X-ray Binaries
- Information
- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 165: Compact Stars in Binaries , 1996 , pp. 351 - 361
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- Copyright © Kluwer 1996
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