Infrared spectroscopy of low-mass X-ray binaries

Bibcode
1997MNRAS.285..718B
Bandyopadhyay, R.; Shahbaz, T.; Charles, P. A.; van Kerkwijk, M. H.; Naylor, T.
Bibliographical reference

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 285, Issue 4, pp. 718-724.

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1997
Journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Number of authors
5
IAC number of authors
0
Citations
34
Refereed citations
30
Description
Using CGS4 on UKIRT, we have obtained the first 2.05-2.45 μm infrared spectra of the Galactic bulge low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) GX1+4 and GX13+1. We report the detection of Brackett gamma emission from the accretion disc in both systems, confirming the identification of the IR counterpart to GX13+1. In addition, both spectra show CO molecular bands and metal lines in absorption, representing the first infrared spectroscopic detection of the secondary in a heavily obscured bulge source. We also present a JHK spectrum of the LMXB ScoX-1, which shows strong Hi, Hei and HeII emission.
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Refereed
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