Astrophysical: X-ray binary stars

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    Optical counterpart of the XTE J0929-314 in quiescence: constraints on the magnetic field
    We present VLT observations of the optical counterpart of th X-ray millisecond pulsar XTE J0929-314 in quiescence. We detected a very faint candidate in...
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    Phase Resolved Blue Spectroscopy of SS433
    Despite more than 20 years of study, we still possess only limited constraints on the fundamental properties of SS433. With the exception of the 13d period...
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    The Donor of the Black Hole X-Ray Binary MAXI J1820+070
    We estimate the parameters of the donor of the accreting black hole binary MAXI J1820+070. The measured values of the binary period, rotational and radial...
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    Time-Delayed transfer functions simulations for LMXBs
    Recent works (Steeghs & Casares 2002, Casares et al. 2003, Hynes et al. 2003) have demonstrated that Bowen flourescence is a very efficient tracer of the...