http://eprints.utas.edu.au/3985/ Super-orbital periods in X-ray binaries Sood, R Farrell, S O'Neill, P Dieters, S 240101 Astronomy and Astrophysics Super-orbital periods have been reported from more than 30 X-ray binaries, but no consistent picture has emerged as to the underlying mechanism behind these periods. Only four of the sources have exhibited stable super-orbital periods over intervals of several years, and three of these are classed as high mass X-ray binaries. The remaining sources are split approximately equally between low mass and high mass binaries. We have searched for correlations with known properties of the binary systems for all the sources, viz. compact object spin periods, orbital periods, accretion disc precession, and companion star properties. We present the results of our investigations. Pergamon 2007 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utas.edu.au/3985/1/3985.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2007.02.057 Sood, R and Farrell, S and O'Neill, P and Dieters, S (2007) Super-orbital periods in X-ray binaries. Advances in Space Research, 40 (10). pp. 1528-1531. ISSN 0273-1177 http://eprints.utas.edu.au/3985/http://eprints.utas.edu.au/3985/1/