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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
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 PoPs diagram are caused by their peculiar magnetic fields.

Type
Part 6 X-Ray Binaries
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003 

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