A new mass estimate for Hercules X-1

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 288, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-52

  Reynolds, A P ^a,f   Quaintrell, H ^b   Still, M D ^c   Roche, P ^b   Chakrabarty, D ^d   Levine, S E ^e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e IA UNAM   (United States)

^f EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accretion, accretion discs; Binaries: eclipsing; Pulsars: general; Stars: individual: Her X 1; Stars: neutron; X rays: stars

Indexed keywords

PULSARS;

ACCRETION: ACCRETION DISKS; BINARIES:ECLIPSING; BINARY PULSARS; ECLIPSING BINARIES; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; PULSARS: GENERAL; STAR: INDIVIDUAL: HER X-1; STARS: INDIVIDUAL: PROXIMA CENTAURI; STARS: NEUTRONS; X-RAY:STARS;

VELOCITY;

EID: 0005931445     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/288.1.43     Document Type: Article

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