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2012ApJ...755...66H - Astrophys. J., 755, 66 (2012/August-2)

The orbital period of Scorpius X-1.

HYNES R.I. and BRITT C.T.

Abstract (from CDS):

The orbital period of Sco X-1 was first identified by Gottlieb et al. While this has been confirmed on multiple occasions, this work, based on nearly a century of photographic data, has remained the reference in defining the system ephemeris ever since. It was, however, called into question when Vanderlinde et al. claimed to find the one-year alias of the historical period in RXTE/All-Sky Monitor data and suggested that this was the true period rather than that of Gottlieb et al. We examine data from the All Sky Automated Survey (ASAS) spanning 2001-2009. We confirm that the period of Gottlieb et al. is in fact the correct one, at least in the optical, with the one-year alias strongly rejected by these data. We also provide a modern time of minimum light based on the ASAS data.

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Journal keyword(s): binaries: close - stars: individual: Sco X-1 - X-rays: binaries

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