On the masses and evolutionary status of the black hole binary GX 339-4: a twin system of XTE J1550-564?
On the masses and evolutionary status of the black hole binary GX 339-4: a twin system of XTE J1550-564?
We apply the K-correction to the black hole low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) GX 339-4 which implies MX≥ 6 M⊙ by only assuming that the companion is more massive than ∼0.17 M⊙, the lower limit allowed by applying a ‘stripped-giant’ model. This evolutionary model successfully reproduces the observed properties of the …