The Minimum Orbital Period in Thermal–Timescale Mass Transfer
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We show that the usual picture of supersoft X–ray binary evolution as driven by conservative thermal–timescale mass transfer cannot explain the short orbital periods of RX J0537.7–7034 (3.5 hr) and 1E0035.4-7230 (4.1 hr). Non–conservative evolution may produce such periods, but requires very significant mass loss, and is highly constrained.
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