The soft X-ray transient GS2000 + 25. I - an 8.3-hr modulation during outburst

Charles, P. A.; Kidger, M. R.; Pavlenko, E. P.; Prokof'eva, V. V.; Callanan, P. J.
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 249, April 1, 1991, p. 567-572.

Fecha de publicación:
4
1991
Número de autores
5
Número de autores del IAC
1
Número de citas
65
Número de citas referidas
58
Descripción
Optical spectroscopy of the X-ray transient, GS2000 + 25 during its 1988 outburst shows that this system is similar to A0620 - 00 but at a greater distance (greater than 2 kpc). Photometry from La Palma and Russia is presented that reveals a 0.1-mag modulation at a period of 8.33 hr, associated with the orbital period. It is proposed that the modulation, which is in the form of a 'hump' in the light curve, is analogous to the mechanism of an eccentric, precessing accretion disk used by Whitehurst (1988) to account for superhumps in SU UMa systems. If confirmed, this would strengthen the relationship between the outburst behavior of low mass X-ray binaries and cataclysmic variables.