Polarimetric and spectroscopic optical observations of the ultra-compact X-ray binary 4U 0614+091

2014/10/07 by M. C. Baglio, D. Mainetti, Deborah Mainetti +6 · 1 citation
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Binary number #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Mathematics #Neutron star #Optics #Orbital period #Physics #Polarimetry #Scattering #Stars #X-ray #X-ray binary #astro-ph.HE #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201424665

published as A&A 572, A99 (2014) · 8 pages, 6 figures, 4 tables. Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics (Section 7)

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Abstract

Aims. We present a polarimetric and spectroscopic study of the persistent ultra-compact X-ray binary 4U 0614+091 aimed at searching for the emission of a relativistic particle jet and at unveiling the orbital period Porb of the system.

Citations

• X‐Ray Spectroscopy of the Low‐Mass X‐Ray Binaries 2S 0918−549 and 4U 1543−624: Evidence for Neon‐rich Degenerate Donors
• Further Evidence for Variable Synchrotron Emission in XTE J1118+480 in Outburst
• Polarized infrared emission from X-ray binary jets
• DAOPHOT - A computer program for crowded-field stellar photometry
• Time-Resolved Optical Photometry of the Ultracompact Binary 4U 0614+091

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