Exploring the super-orbital periodic behaviour of X-Ray binaries
Includes abstract. === Includes bibliographical references. === Quasi-periodic super-orbital modulations are an established feature of several luminous X-ray binaries. The mechanisms that have been proposed to be responsible for such modulations include irradiation-driven warping/tilting and tidally...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11038 |
| Summary: | Includes abstract. === Includes bibliographical references. === Quasi-periodic super-orbital modulations are an established feature of several luminous X-ray binaries. The mechanisms that have been proposed to be responsible for such modulations include irradiation-driven warping/tilting and tidally-induced precession of the accretion disc, jet precession and the modulation of the mass-transfer rate due to an accretion disc instability or the effects of a third body. |
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