Periastron accretion in high mass X-ray binaries : comparing supergiant fast X-ray transients and Be/X-ray binaries

High Mass X-ray Binaries (HXMBs) are some of the brightest objects in the X-ray sky and test our understanding of accretion physics in extreme stellar environments. In this thesis, characterisation of the accretion processes around periastron in two Supergiant Fast X-ray Transients (SFXTs) and one B...

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Main Author: Boon, Christopher Mark
Other Authors: Bird, Antony
Published: University of Southampton 2017
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.736723