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| Name: Gargi Shaw Affiliation: TIFR Conference ID: ASI2018_1621 Title : Low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) Authors and Co-Authors : Gargi Shaw, UM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, University of Mumbai, Sudip Bhattacharyya, TIFR Abstract Type : Poster Abstract Category : Stars,ISM and the Galaxy Abstract : Low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) often show periodic intensity dips in X-ray and spectral change during the dips. 4U1323-62 is one such LMXB dipper with an orbital period of 2.94 hour which shows 1 Hz QPO and frequent thermonuclear bursts. It also shows narrow line absorption of Fe XXV and Fe XXVI at 6.68 ± 0.04 keV and 6.97±0.05 keV respectively. Both the absorptions and equivalent widths change during dips. We use spectroscopic analysis code CLOUDY to model and understand spectral change in Fe XXV and Fe XXVI line absorptions. |