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Multi-Wavelength Properties of Be/XRay Binaries in the Magellanic Clouds

Authors :
Andry Rajoelimanana
P. A. Charles
Pieter Meintjes
Source :
Proceedings of 4th Annual Conference on High Energy Astrophysics in Southern Africa — PoS(HEASA 2016).
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Sissa Medialab, 2017.

Abstract

We present our study of long-term properties of Be/X-ray binaries (BeX) in the Magellanic clouds using archival optical photometry from the massive astrophysical compact halo object (MACHO) and optical gravitational lensing experiment (OGLE) IV projects. We combined these with optical spectroscopic observations obtained with the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) to provide an understanding of their multi-wavelength properties. As an example we report some of our results on our study of the most extreme BeX source A0538-66 and discuss the implications of its system parameters on the observed multi-wavelength variabilities.

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Proceedings of 4th Annual Conference on High Energy Astrophysics in Southern Africa — PoS(HEASA 2016)
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........2b908f93d2560498552d1ad3a5f80fd4
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.22323/1.275.0036