The ultracompact nature of the black hole candidate X-ray binary 47 Tuc X9

The ultracompact nature of the black hole candidate X-ray binary 47 Tuc X9

47 Tuc X9 is a low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) in the globular cluster 47 Tucanae, and was previously thought to be a cataclysmic variable. However, Miller-Jones et al. recently identified a radio counterpart to X9 (inferring a radio/X-ray luminosity ratio consistent with black hole LMXBs), and suggest...

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Main Authors: Bahramian, A., Heinke, C., Tudor, Vlad, Miller-Jones, James, Bogdanov, S., Maccarone, T., Knigge, C., Sivakoff, G., Chomiuk, L., Strader, J., Garcia, J., Kallman, T.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62868

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