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2015ApJ...808..140C - Astrophys. J., 808, 140 (2015/August-1)

Probing the masses and radii of donor stars in eclipsing X-ray binaries with the Swift burst alert telescope.

COLEY J.B., CORBET R.H.D. and KRIMM H.A.

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Physical parameters of both the mass donor and compact object can be constrained in X-ray binaries with well-defined eclipses, as our survey of wind-fed supergiant X-ray binaries IGR J16393-4643, IGR J16418-4532, IGR J16479-4514, IGR J18027-2016, and XTE J1855-026 reveals. Using the orbital period and Kepler's third law, we express the eclipse half-angle in terms of radius, inclination angle, and the sum of the masses. Pulse-timing and radial velocity curves can give masses of both the donor and compact object as in the case of the ''double-lined'' binaries IGR J18027-2016 and XTE J1855-026. The eclipse half angles are 15–2+3, 31.7–0.8+0.7, 32±2,34±2, and 33.6±0.7 degrees for IGR J16393-4643, IGR J16418-4532, IGR J16479-4514, IGR J18027-2016, and XTE 1855-026, respectively. In wind-fed systems, the primary not exceeding the Roche-lobe size provides an upper limit on system parameters. In IGR J16393-4643, spectral types of B0 V or B0-5 III are found to be consistent with the eclipse duration and Roche-lobe, but the previously proposed donor stars in IGR J16418-4532 and IGR J16479-4514 were found to be inconsistent with the Roche-lobe size. Stars with spectral types O7.5 I and earlier are possible. For IGR J18027-2016, the mass and radius of the donor star lie between 18.6-19.4 M and 17.4-19.5 R. We constrain the neutron star mass between 1.37 and 1.43 M.We find the mass and radius of the donor star in XTE J1855-026 to lie between 19.6-20.2 M and 21.5-23.0 R. The neutron star mass was constrained to 1.77-1.82 M. Eclipse profiles are asymmetric in IGR J18027-2016 and XTE J1855-026, which we attribute to accretion wakes.

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Journal keyword(s): stars: individual: (IGR J16393-4643, IGR J16418-4532, IGR J16479-4514, IGR J18027-2016, XTE J1855-026) - stars: neutron

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