On the relationship between circumstellar disc size and X-ray outbursts in Be/X-ray binaries

Itumeleng M. Monageng, Vanessa A. McBride, Malcolm J. Coe +2

We present long term H$\alpha$ monitoring results of five Be/X-ray binaries to study the Be disc size variations and their influence on Type II (giant) X-ray outbursts. The work is done…