GALACTIC ULTRACOMPACT X-RAY BINARIES: EMPIRICAL LUMINOSITIES
GALACTIC ULTRACOMPACT X-RAY BINARIES: EMPIRICAL LUMINOSITIES
Ultracompact X-ray binaries (UCXBs) are thought to have relatively simple binary evolution post-contact, leading to clear predictions of their luminosity function. We test these predictions by studying the long-term behavior of known UCXBs in our Galaxy, principally using data from the MAXI All-Sky Survey and the Galactic Bulge Scans with …