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Table 1

Parameters of neutron stars in X-ray binaries.

System M(M) Mc(M) Porb(d) Pspin(ms) Eccentricity type Refs.

4U 1538-52 3.73 5.28 × 105 0.08 HMXB X1
SMC X-1 1.05 ± 0.09 15.5 ± 1.5 3.89 708  <4 × 10-5 HMXB X2
Cen X-3 1.24 ± 0.24 19.7 ± 4.3 2.09 4814  <8 × 10-4 HMXB X3
LMC X-4 1.31 ± 0.14 15.6 ± 1.8 1.41 1.35 × 104  <0.01 HMXB X2
Vela X-1 1.88 ± 0.13 23.1 ± 0.2 8.96 2.83 × 105 0.09 HMXB X4
1.86 ± 0.16 23.8 ± 0.2 8.96 2.83 × 105 0.09 HMXB X4
4U1700 − 37* 2.44 ± 0.27 58 ± 11 3.41 No 0.2 HMXB X5
Her X-1 1.5 ± 0.3 2.3 ± 0.3 1.70 1240  <3 × 10-4 XB X6
4U1820-30  ≤ 0.106 0.08 6.9 × 105 No XB X7
2A 1822-371 0.97 ± 0.24 0.33 ± 0.05 0.23 590  <0.03 LMXB X8
XTE J2123-058 0.25 3.9 No LMXB X9
Cyg X-2 1.78 ± 0.23 0.60 ± 0.13 9.84 No 0.0 LMXB X10
1.5 ± 0.3 0.63 ± 0.16 9.84 No 0.0 LMXB X10
V395 CAR/2S 0921ĺC630 1.44 ± 0.10 0.35 ± 0.03 9.02 No No LMXB X11
Sax J 1808.4-3658  <1.4  <0.06 0.08 2.49  <0.0005 LMXB X12
HETE J1900.1-2455  <2.4  <0.085 0.06 2.65  <0.005 LMXB X13

Notes.  LMXB – Low-mass X-ray binary, HMXB – High-mass X-ray binary.

(*)

The compact object may be a black hole (Lattimer & Prakash 2007).

References. X1 – van Kerkwijk et al. (1995) (M, Mc, Porb, eccentricity); Robba et al. (2001) (Ps). X2 – van Kerkwijk et al. (1995) (Porb, eccentricity); van der Meer et al. (2005) (M, Mc); van der Meer et al. (2007) (Ps). X3 – van Kerkwijk et al. (1995); Ash et al. (1999) (Porb, eccentricity); van der Meer et al. (2005) (M, Mc); van der Meer et al. (2007) (Ps). X4 – Quaintrell et al. (2003) (M = 2.27,1.88 M, Mc, Porb, eccentricity, Ps); Barziv et al. (2001) (M = 1.86   M). X5 – Clark et al. (2002) (M, Mc); Hammerschlag-Hensberge et al. (2003) (Porb, eccentricity). X6 – Cheng et al. (1995) (Porb, eccentricity); Reynolds et al. (1997) (M, Mc); Liu et al. (2000) (Ps); van der Meer et al. (2007) (Ps). X7 – Wang et al. (2010) (M, Mc, eccentricity, Ps); Shaposhnikov et al. (2004) (M, Porb); Dib et al. (2005) (Porb). X8 – Jonker & van der Klis (2001) (Porb, eccentricity, Ps); Jonker et al. (2003) (M, Mc). X9 – Tomsick et al. (1999) (Ps); Tomsick et al. (2002) (M, Mc, Porb, eccentricity). X10 – Cowley et al. (1979) (Ps); Orosz & Kuulkers (1999) (M, Mc, Porb, eccentricity); Elebert et al. (2009a). X11 – Steeghs & Jonker (2007) (1.44 M); Shahbaz & Watson (2007) (1.370.13 M). X12 – Elebert et al. (2009b); Chakrabarty & Morgan (1998); Jain et al. (Porb). X13 – Elebert et al. (2008); Kaaret et al. (2006) (Porb).

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