Bibcode
Charles, P. A.; Kidger, M. R.; Pavlenko, E. P.; Prokof'eva, V. V.; Callanan, P. J.
Bibliographical reference
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 249, April 1, 1991, p. 567-572.
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1991
Citations
65
Refereed citations
58
Description
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.