Optical spectroscopy of GX 339-4 -I. Orbital modulation
Date
2003
Authors
Buxton, Michelle
Vennes, Stephane
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Abstract
Optical spectroscopic observations of GX 339-4 were carried out between 1998 May (X-ray high state) and 1999 May (X-ray low state) over seven epochs. The equivalent width of Hα increased during the high state and then decreased during the low state. The
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Keywords: Accretion, accretion discs; Binaries: spectroscopic; Black hole physics; Stars: individual: Gx 339-4; X-rays: binaries
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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