On the Putative Class of B[e] X-ray Binaries

Clark, J.S. (2006). On the Putative Class of B[e] X-ray Binaries. ASP Conference Series, 355 pp. 269–279.

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Abstract

We discuss the putative class of B[e] X-ray binaries, with reference to currently identified candidate systems, focusing on CI Cam and the newly identified class of highly obscured hard X-ray sources detected by INTEGRAL. We suggest that such a class will likely consist of two types of object in which the B[e] phenomenon is (i) intrinsic to the mass donor or (ii) a result of binarity. Finally, we discuss the difficulties inherent in observing B[e] X-ray binaries and the physical motivations for their study, which include the origin of the Galactic hard X-ray emission and the propagation of jets in dense media.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Extra Information:	Proceedings of the Conference Held 10-16 July, 2005, at the Isle of Vlieland, The Netherlands. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2006., p.269
Academic Unit/Department:	Science > Physical Sciences
Interdisciplinary Research Centre:	Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research (CEPSAR)
Item ID:	15149
Depositing User:	Astrid Peterkin
Date Deposited:	24 Mar 2009 10:29
Last Modified:	06 Dec 2010 18:19
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/15149

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