Includes abstract / Includes bibliographical references. / Long-term variability in all types of X-ray binaries is a well established characteristic, but due to observation limitations and lack of long-term monitoring capability these variations have not been studied before in a systematic way. In this thesis, we exploit the ~ 16 yr optical light curves from the MACHO and OGLE databases, and combine these with archival XMM-Newton X-ray observations to study the long-term properties of Be/X-ray binaries and Supersoft X-ray Sources in the Magellanic Clouds.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/4405 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Creators | Rajoelimanana, Andry Fitiavana |
| Contributors | Charles, PA, Warner, Brian |
| Publisher | University of Cape Town, Faculty of Science, Department of Astronomy |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Doctoral Thesis, Doctoral, Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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