An accurate determination of the optical periodic modulation in the X-ray binary SAX J1808.4-3658

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 694, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1115-1120

  Wang, Zhongxiang ^a   Bassa, Cees ^b,c   Cumming, Andrew ^a   Kaspi, Victoria M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Binaries: close; Stars: individual (SAX J1808.4?3658); Stars: neutron; X rays: binaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149171915     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/694/2/1115     Document Type: Article

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