New Insights into X-ray Binaries

Bibcode
2010hsa5.conf....3C
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-11250-8_1
Casares, J.
Bibliographical reference

Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics V, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. ISBN 978-3-642-11249-2. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2010, p. 3

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2010
Number of authors
1
IAC number of authors
1
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0
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0
Description
X-ray binaries are excellent laboratories to study collapsed objects. On the one hand, transient X-ray binaries contain the best examples of stellar-mass black holes while persistent X-ray binaries mostly harbor accreting neutron stars. The determination of stellar masses in persistent X-ray binaries is usually hampered by the overwhelming luminosity of the X-ray heated accretion disc. However, the discovery of high-excitation emission lines from the irradiated companion star has opened new routes in the study of compact objects. This paper presents novel techniques which exploits these irradiated lines and summarizes the dynamical masses obtained for the two populations of collapsed stars: neutron stars and black holes.
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Non-refereed

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