THE NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRA OF LOW-MASS X-RAY BINARIES AND RELATED OBJECTS

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作者
COWLEY, AP [1 ]
SCHMIDTKE, PC [1 ]
CRAMPTON, D [1 ]
HUTCHINGS, JB [1 ]
BOLTE, M [1 ]
机构
[1] HERZBERG INST ASTROPHYS,DOMINION ASTROPHYS OBSERV,VICTORIA V8X 4M6,BC,CANADA
关键词
STARS; ACCRETION; DWARF NOVAE; EMISSION-LINE; NEUTRON; X-RAYS; BINARIES;
D O I
10.1086/170041
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P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Spectra in the region of the Ca II infrared triplet (about 8300-8900 angstrom) have been obtained for a number of low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXB) and a small sample of other cataclysmic variables. The secondary (mass-losing) star is detected strongly in only a small number of systems, indicating that the accretion disks normally contribute the majority of the flux even at these wavelengths. Emission lines of Ca II and/or H are present in some of these binaries. New photometry is presented for many of these systems.
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