The outburst radial velocity curve of X-ray Nova Scorpii 1994 (= GRO J1655-40): a reduced mass for the black hole?

Phillips, S. N.; Shahbaz, T.; Podsiadlowski, Ph.
Bibliographical reference

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 304, Issue 4, pp. 839-844.

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1999
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3
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0
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37
Refereed citations
30
Description
We present a re-analysis of the outburst radial velocity data for X-ray Nova Scorpii 1994. Using a model based on X-ray heating of the secondary star, we suggest a more realistic treatment of the radial velocity data. Solutions are obtained in the (K_2,q) plane which, when combined with the published value for the binary mass ratio and inclination, constrain the mass of the black hole to within the region 4.1