Bowen Blend Echo-Tomography of Sco X-l and V801 Ara

Bibcode
2008AIPC.1010..207M
DOI
10.1063/1.2945043
Muñoz-Darias, T.; Martínee-Pails, I. G.; Casares, J.; Cornelisse, R.; Dhillon, V. S.; Marsh, T. R.; Steeghs, D.; O'Brien, K.; Charles, P. A.; Still, M.
Bibliographical reference

A POPULATION EXPLOSION: The Nature & Evolution of X-ray Binaries in Diverse Environments. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1010, pp. 207-209 (2008).

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5
2008
Number of authors
10
IAC number of authors
4
Citations
1
Refereed citations
1
Description
We present simultaneous high time resolution (1-10 Hz) X-ray and optical observations of the persistent LMXBs Sco X-l and V801 Ara( = 4 U 1636-536). In the case of Sco X-l we find that the Bowen/HeII emission lags the X-ray light-curves with a light travel time of ~11-16 s which is consistent with reprocessing in the donor star. We also present the detection of three correlated X-ray/optical bursts in V801 ara. Although this latter project is still in progress, our preliminary results obtained by subtracting the Continuum light-curve from the Bowen/HeII data provide evidence of orbital phase dependent echoes from the companion star.
Type
Non-refereed
X-ray sources
X-ray bursts

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