Hydrogen deficient donors in low-mass X-ray binaries
Astrophysics
2007-11-06 v1
Abstract
A number of X-ray binaries (neutron stars or black holes accreting from a companion star) have such short orbital periods that ordinary, hydrogen rich, stars do not fit in. Instead the mass-losing star must be a compact, evolved star, leading to the transfer of hydrogen deficient material to the neutron star. I discuss the current knowledge of these objects, with focus on optical spectroscopy.
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@article{arxiv.0711.0602,
title = {Hydrogen deficient donors in low-mass X-ray binaries},
author = {Gijs Nelemans},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.0602},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
in proceedings "Hydrogen-Deficient Stars" (eds. K Werner & T Rauch), ASP Conf Series