NASA NTRS · 19880043916
4U 1626-67 - The binary with the smallest known mass function
Abstract
The pulsing X-ray source 4U 1626-67 is an accreting neutron star in a binary system with a very low mass companion. The source was observed by Exosat continuously for 23 hr on March 30-31, 1986 UT. It is found that, if the orbital inclination angle equals 90 deg, the optical companion star has a mass of less than about 0.002 solar mass; however, it is found that a companion star mass of greater than about 0.06 solar mass is required if gravitational radiation is responsible for driving the mass transfer in this system. Also presented are results on flaring activity in the system on time scales of about 1000 s, the energy-dependent pulse profiles, and the pulse period history over the past decade.
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Levine, A., Ma, C. P., Rappaport, S., Mcclintock, J., Van Der Klis, M.. 1988-04-15. 4U 1626-67 - The binary with the smallest known mass function. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19880043916
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