Photometric Variability of Be/X-Ray Pulsar Binaries in the Small Magellanic Cloud
We have studied the photometric variability of 10 SMC Be/X-ray pulsars using MACHO and OGLE-II data. For some of these systems we have found periodic behavior, including orbital outbursts and/or nonradial pulsations of the Be star. For others we were unable to identify any clear photometric periodic...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The Astronomical journal 2006-08, Vol.132 (2), p.919-925 |
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Zusammenfassung: | We have studied the photometric variability of 10 SMC Be/X-ray pulsars using MACHO and OGLE-II data. For some of these systems we have found periodic behavior, including orbital outbursts and/or nonradial pulsations of the Be star. For others we were unable to identify any clear photometric periodicity, although their long-term light curves show significant structure. We present periodograms, phase dispersion minimization variances, and folded light curves for the systems that exhibit periodic photometric variability. |
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ISSN: | 1538-3881 0004-6256 1538-3881 |
DOI: | 10.1086/505752 |