Optical and NIR studies of short period low mass X-ray binaries (LMXB)

Autores
Dr.
Pasi Hakala
Fecha y hora
19 Nov 2009 - 23:00 Europe/London
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I present some recent results from our Optical and NIR studies of five short period low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXB's; X1822-371, X1957+115, UW CrB, X1916-05 and X0614+091). Optical photometry and spectroscopy reveal some surprising results on the geometry and evolution of accretions discs in LMXB's. Based on our data, it is increasingly clear that accretion discs in these systems are far from being stable and must undergo substantial precession and/or warping behaviour on timescales less than a day in case of the shortest period systems.

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