X-Ray Eclipse Timing in the LMXB EXO0748-676
Astrophysics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
Orbital period changes are an important diagnostic for understanding low mass X-ray binary (LMXB) accretion-induced angular momentum exchange and overall system evolution. We present our most recent results for the eclipse timing of the LMXB EXO0748-676. Since its discovery in 1985 it has apparently undergone three distinct orbital period "epochs", each characterized by a different orbital period than the previous epoch. We outline the orbital period behavior for EXO0748-676 over the past 18 years and discuss the implications of this behavior in light of current theoretical ideas for LMXB evolution.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0404102,
title = {X-Ray Eclipse Timing in the LMXB EXO0748-676},
author = {Michael T. Wolff and Paul S. Ray and Kent S. Wood},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0404102},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 Pages, 3 Figures, Submitted to the X-Ray Timing 2003: Rossi and Beyond conference, November 2003