Faint Galactic X-ray Binaries
Abstract
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0806.3888,
title = {Faint Galactic X-ray Binaries},
author = {P. G. Jonker and M. A. P. Torres and D. Steeghs},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.3888},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
8 pages, published in the proceedings of "A population Explosion", AIP Conference Proceedings Volume 1010, pp. 109-116