Long-term flux variations in Cen X-3: Clues from flux-dependent orbital modulation and pulsed fraction

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 387, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 439-445

  Raichur, Harsha ^a,b   Paul, Biswajit ^a  

^a RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Binaries: general; Pulsars: individual: Cen X 3; Stars: neutron; X rays: binaries; X rays: individual: Cen X 3; X rays: stars

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; MODULATION; STARS;

BINARIES:GENERAL; FLUX VARIATION; INDIVIDUAL:CEN X-3; ORBITAL MODULATION; PULSARS: INDIVIDUAL: CEN X-3; STARS: NEUTRONS; X-RAY: INDIVIDUAL: CEN X-3; X-RAY:STARS; X-RAYS: BINARIES; X-RAYS: INDIVIDUAL;

X RAY SCATTERING;

EID: 44649095171     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13251.x     Document Type: Article

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