Browsing by Author "Kotze, Marissa Mimi"

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    Exploring the super-orbital periodic behaviour of X-Ray binaries
    (2012) Kotze, Marissa Mimi; Charles, PA; Warner, Brian
    Quasi-periodic super-orbital modulations are an established feature of several luminous X-ray binaries. The mechanisms that have been proposed to be responsible for such modulations include irradiation-driven warping/tilting and tidally-induced precession of the accretion disc, jet precession and the modulation of the mass-transfer rate due to an accretion disc instability or the effects of a third body.