How circumstellar discs affect mass accretion in Be X-ray binaries

Includes bibliographical references === Long-term optical spectroscopic monitoring of Galactic Be X-ray binaries (BeXBs) is performed using the Liverpool Telescope and the Southern African Large Telescope on northern and southern objects, respectively. Be disc size variations are presented to invest...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Monageng, Itumeleng Matuba
Other Authors: McBride, Vanessa A
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9622