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Cornelisse, R., D'Avanzo, P., Campana, S., Casares, J., Charles, P. A., Israel, G. L., Muñoz-Darias, T., O'Brien, K., Steeghs, D., Stella, L. and Torres, M. A. P. (2012) The nature of the X-ray transient MAXI J0556−332. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol.420 (No.4). pp. 3538-3544. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.20274.x
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.20274.x
Abstract
Phase-resolved spectroscopy of the newly discovered X-ray transient MAXIJ0556-332 has revealed the presence of narrow emission lines in the Bowen region that most likely arise on the surface of the mass donor star in this low-mass X-ray binary. A period search of the radial velocities of these lines provides two candidate orbital periods (16.43 ± 0.12 and 9.754 ± 0.048h), which differ from any potential X-ray periods reported. Assuming that MAXIJ0556-332 is a relatively high-inclination system that harbours a precessing accretion disc in order to explain its X-ray properties, it is only possible to obtain a consistent set of system parameters for the longer period. These assumptions imply a mass ratio of q≃ 0.45, a radial velocity semi-amplitude of the secondary of K 2≃ 190kms -1 and a compact object mass of the order of the canonical neutron star mass, making a black hole nature for MAXIJ0556-332 unlikely. We also report the presence of strong Niii emission lines in the spectrum, thereby inferring a high N/O abundance. Finally, we note that the strength of all emission lines shows a continuing decay over the ≃1 month of our observations.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Physics | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | X-ray bursts, Double stars | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | ||||
| Publisher: | Wiley | ||||
| ISSN: | 0035-8711 | ||||
| Official Date: | March 2012 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.420 | ||||
| Number: | No.4 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 3538-3544 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.20274.x | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
| Funder: | Spain. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (MEC), European Commission (EC), Spain. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN), Seventh Framework Programme (European Commission) (FP7), Science and Technology Facilities Council (Great Britain) (STFC) | ||||
| Grant number: | RYC-2007-01046 (MEC), PERG04-GA- 2008-239142 (EC), AYA 2010-18080 (MICINN), CSD 2006-00070 (MICINN), ITN 215212 (FP7) |
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