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We suggest a model for the complex pulse shapes of the long period, pulsating X-ray sources, Vela X-1 and AO535+26. We discuss the flow of accreting matter on to these slow rotators and contrast it with that expected in systems such as Her X-1 which contain a rapidly rotating neutron star.
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Elsner, R., Lamb, F. Accretion flows in the magnetospheres of Vela X-1, AO535 + 26 and Her X-1. Nature 262, 356–360 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/262356a0
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