DETECTION OF A 5.7-H PERIOD IN THE GLOBULAR-CLUSTER X-RAY SOURCE 4U 1746-371

Authors
SANSOM AE DOTANI T ASAI K LEHTO HJ
Citation
Ae. Sansom et al., DETECTION OF A 5.7-H PERIOD IN THE GLOBULAR-CLUSTER X-RAY SOURCE 4U 1746-371, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 262(2), 1993, pp. 429-434
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00358711
Volume
262
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
429 - 434
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8711(1993)262:2<429:DOA5PI>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Two globular cluster X-ray sources are known to display orbital variab ility. We report the detection of periodic variability in the X-ray li ght curve of a third case, 4U 1746 - 371 in NGC 6441, using data from the Ginga satellite. If orbital, this periodicity confirms that the so urce is a typical low-mass X-ray binary.