On the mass distribution of neutron stars in HMXBs.

Autor: van der Meer, A., Kaper, L., van Kerkwijk, M. H., van den Heuvel, E. P. J.
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Zdroj: AIP Conference Proceedings; 2005, Vol. 797 Issue 1, p623-626, 4p, 2 Diagrams, 1 Chart
Abstrakt: We present the results of a monitoring campaign of three eclipsing high-mass X-ray binaries (HMXBs: SMC X-1, LMC X-4 and Cen X-3). High-resolution VLT/UVES spectra are used to measure the radial velocities of these systems with high accuracy. We show that the subsequent mass determination of the neutron stars in these systems is significantly improved and discuss the implications of this result. © 2005 American Institute of Physics [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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