The optical counterpart of the accreting millisecond pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658 in outburst: Constraints on the binary inclination

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 563, Issue 1 PART 2, 2001, Pages

  Wang, Zhongxiang ^a   Chakrabarty, Deepto ^a   Roche, Paul ^b,c   Charles, Philip A ^d   Kuulkers, Erik ^e   Shahbaz, Tariq ^f   Simpson, Chris ^g   Forbes, Duncan A ^h   Helsdon, Stephen F ⁱ  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^f INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^g NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^h SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accretion, accretion disks; Binaries: close; Pulsars: individual (SAX J1808.4 3658); Stars: individual (V4580 Sagittarii); Stars: neutron

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038350640     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338357     Document Type: Article

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