On the Mass Distribution of Neutron Stars in HMXRBs

Authors
Publication date 2007
Book title Massive Stars in Interactive Binaries
Volume | Issue number 367
Pages (from-to) 491
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract 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.
Document type Conference contribution
Note On the Mass Distribution of Neutron Stars in HMXRBs
Published at http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007ASPC..367..491V
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