Exploring the super-orbital periodic behaviour of X-Ray binaries
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2012
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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.
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Kotze, M. 2012. Exploring the super-orbital periodic behaviour of X-Ray binaries. University of Cape Town.