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Black-Hole Transients and the Eddington Limit

A. R. King

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0002286

Abstract

I show that the Eddington limit implies a critical orbital period Pcrit(BH) = 2d beyond which black-hole LMXBs cannot appear as persistent systems. The unusual behaviour of GRO J1655-40 may result from its location close to this critical period.

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