Optical spectroscopy of 4U 1812-12: an ultra-compact X-ray binary seen through an H II region
Optical spectroscopy of 4U 1812-12: an ultra-compact X-ray binary seen through an H II region
The persistent, low-luminosity neutron star X-ray binary 4U 1812-12 is a potential member of the scarce family of ultra-compact systems. We performed deep photometric and spectroscopic optical observations with the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias in order to investigate the chemical composition of the accreted plasma, which is a proxy …