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    This document discusses EXQSAT/ME EXO 0749-676, a low mass X-ray binary (LMXB) system that shows a full eclipse, an uncommon trait among LMXBs. It explains that pulsations are observed in high mass X-ray binary (HMXB) systems containing a neutron star, as the neutron star possesses a strong magnetic field that channels accreted matter onto its magnetic poles, producing pulsating X-ray emission. However, pulsations are not typically seen in LMXB systems like EXO 0749-676 since the neutron star has a weaker magnetic field that cannot direct accretion in the same way.

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    This document discusses EXQSAT/ME EXO 0749-676, a low mass X-ray binary (LMXB) system that shows a full eclipse, an uncommon trait among LMXBs. It explains that pulsations are observed in high mass X-ray binary (HMXB) systems containing a neutron star, as the neutron star possesses a strong magnetic field that channels accreted matter onto its magnetic poles, producing pulsating X-ray emission. However, pulsations are not typically seen in LMXB systems like EXO 0749-676 since the neutron star has a weaker magnetic field that cannot direct accretion in the same way.

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    Orbital Phase

    This source is one of the few LMXBs that show a full eclipse.

    e Pulsations

    Pulsations are observed in HMXBs in which neutron star is the compact ob-
    ject. The neutron star in a HMXB system has a very high magnetic field of the order
    of about 10'? Gauss and a magnetosphere is formed around the neutron star. The
    matter accreted by the neutron star fall onto the magnetic caps along the magnetic
    field lines and X-ray emission is produced. If the rotation axis of the neutron
    star
    is not aligned with the magnetic axis, we observe an enhanced intensity in the X-
    ray emission when the beam of emission crosses our line of sight. Thus we observe
    pulsations as the neutron star rotates. Pulsations are not observable in a LMXB
    system as the neutron star does not have a high magnetic field that can channel the
    accreted matter on to the poles.

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