Doppler effect as the cause of X-ray flux modulation from an ultra-short period binary.
Bibcode: 1987PAZh...13..300P
Postnov, K. A.; Shakura, N. I.
Russia
Abstract
Exosat observations of 4U 1820-30 are examined. It is found that the Doppler effect may be responsible for the modulation of the X-ray flux from this binary. The modulation amplitude is determined by the mass function of the system.
1987
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Pisma v Astronomicheskii Zhurnal
Exosat
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