Have superhumps been seen in black hole soft X-ray transients?
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On the outbursts of black hole soft X-ray transients
We suggest a new scenario to explain the outburst light curves of black hole soft X-ray transients together with the secondary maximum and the bump seen on their decay phases. Our explanations are based on the disk instability models considering the effect of X-ray irradiation. The scenario is consistent with the observed X-ray delays by a few days with respect to the optical rise for both the ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0035-8711,1365-2966
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/282.1.191