Table 2: Cen X-4 dynamical parameters.
Reference $\gamma$ K2 P
  (km s-1) (km s-1) (d)
Cowley et al. (1988) $234\pm 8$ $152\pm 10$ -
McClintock & Remillard (1990) $137\pm 17$ $146\pm 12$ 0.629063
Torres et al. (2002) $184.0\pm 1.9$ $150.0\pm 1.1$ $0.6290496\pm 0.0000021$
This paper $196.0\pm 1.1$ $145.8\pm 1.0$ $0.630\pm0.001$
The velocity values reported here have been obtained by fixing P to the value given by Torres et al. (2002). We also repeated the fit leaving all the parameters free, obtaining the value given here.

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