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The Optical Counterpart of the Accreting Millisecond Pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658 in Outburst: Constraints on the Binary Inclination (2001)
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Wang, Z., Chakrabarty, D., Roche, P., Charles, P. A., Kuulkers, E., Shahbaz, T., …Helsdon, S. F. (2001). The Optical Counterpart of the Accreting Millisecond Pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658 in Outburst: Constraints on the Binary Inclination. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 563(1), L61-L64. https://doi.org/10.1086/338357

We present multiband optical/IR photometry of V4580 Sgr, the optical counterpart of the accretion-powered millisecond pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658, taken during the 1998 X-ray outburst of the system. The optical flux is consistent with emission from an X-... Read More about The Optical Counterpart of the Accreting Millisecond Pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658 in Outburst: Constraints on the Binary Inclination.