Long-term optical variability of high-mass X-ray binaries - III. Polarimetry

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Table 1.

Target list and relevant information.

Source	Spectral	V-band	P_spin	P_orb	e	Distance (kpc)	References
name	type	(mag)	(s)	(days)		Gaia DR3
4U 0115+63	B0.2Ve	15.4	3.6	24.3	0.34	$5 . 7_{- 0.4}^{+ 0.5}$ $Mathematical equation: $ 5.7^{+0.5}_{-0.4} $$	[1a], [1b]
IGR J01363+6610	B1IV-Ve	13.3	–	–	–	5.6 ± 0.4	[2a], [2b]
RX J0146.9+6121	B1Ve	11.3	1400	303?	–	2.75 ± 0.15	[3a], [3b]
IGR J01583+6713	B2IVe	14.4	–	–	–	$5 . 6_{- 0.4}^{+ 0.6}$ $Mathematical equation: $ 5.6^{+0.6}_{-0.4} $$	[4a], [4b]
RX J0240.4+6112	B0Ve	10.8	–	26.5	0.54	2.50 ± 0.07	[5a], [5b]
Swift J0243.6+6124	O9.5Ve	12.8	9.9	27.6	0.10	$5 . 2_{- 0.2}^{+ 0.3}$ $Mathematical equation: $ 5.2^{+0.3}_{-0.2} $$	[6a], [6b]
V 0332+53	O8–9Ve	15.4	4.4	33.8	0.37	5.9 ± 0.4	[7a], [7b]
RX J0440.9+4431	B0.2Ve	10.7	202.5	150	–	$2 . 44_{- 0.09}^{+ 0.08}$ $Mathematical equation: $ 2.44^{+0.08}_{-0.09} $$	[8a], [8b]
1A 0535+262	O9.7IIIe	9.2	105	111	0.47	1.77 ± 0.06	[9a], [9b]
IGR J06074+2205	B0.5Ve	12.2	373.2	80?	–	$6 . 0_{- 0.6}^{+ 0.9}$ $Mathematical equation: $ 6.0^{+0.9}_{-0.6} $$	[10a], [10b]
MXB 0656–072	O9.5Ve	12.3	160.4	101.2	0.4?	5.7 ± 0.5	[11a], [11b]
XTE J1946+274	B0-1V-IVe	16.6	15.8	172	0.25	$12 . 1_{- 2.2}^{+ 2.6}$ $Mathematical equation: $ 12.1^{+2.6}_{-2.2} $$	[12a], [12b]
KS 1947+300	B0Ve	14.5	18.7	40.4	0.03	$14_{- 2}^{+ 3}$ $Mathematical equation: $ 14^{+3}_{-2} $$	[13a], [13b]
EXO 2030+375	B0Ve	19.5	41.8	46.02	0.41	$2 . 4_{- 0.4}^{+ 0.5}$ $Mathematical equation: $ 2.4^{+0.5}_{-0.4} $$	[14a], [14b]
GRO J2058+42	O9.5-B0IV-Ve	14.9	192	110	–	$8 . 9_{- 0.8}^{+ 0.7}$ $Mathematical equation: $ 8.9^{+0.7}_{-0.8} $$	[15a], [15b]
SAX J2103.5+4545	B0Ve	13.9	358.6	12.7	0.40	$6 . 2_{- 0.5}^{+ 0.4}$ $Mathematical equation: $ 6.2^{+0.4}_{-0.5} $$	[16a], [16b]
IGR J21343+4738	B1IVe	14.1	320.3	–	–	$8 . 5_{- 0.8}^{+ 1.1}$ $Mathematical equation: $ 8.5^{+1.1}_{-0.8} $$	[17]
Cep X–4	B1-2Ve	14.3	66.3	–	–	$7 . 2_{- 0.6}^{+ 0.68}$ $Mathematical equation: $ 7.2^{+0.68}_{-0.6} $$	[18]
4U 2206+54	O9.5Ve	9.8	5550	19.2	0.15	$3 . 2_{- 0.1}^{+ 0.2}$ $Mathematical equation: $ 3.2^{+0.2}_{-0.1} $$	[19a], [19b]
SAX J2239.3+6116	B0Ve	14.4	1247	263	–	$7 . 3_{- 0.5}^{+ 0.7}$ $Mathematical equation: $ 7.3^{+0.7}_{-0.5} $$	[20a], [20b]
IGR J22534+6243	B1Ve	15.3	46.7	–	–	$8 . 9_{- 0.9}^{+ 1.4}$ $Mathematical equation: $ 8.9^{+1.4}_{-0.9} $$	[21]

Notes. Distance from Bailer-Jones et al. (2021). [1a] Negueruela & Okazaki (2001); [1b] Raichur & Paul (2010); [2a] Reig et al. (2005b); [2b] Tomsick et al. (2011); [3a] Reig et al. (1997b); [3b] Sarty et al. (2009); [4a] Wang (2010); [4b] Kaur et al. (2008); [5a] Aragona et al. (2009); [5b] Zamanov et al. (2013); [6a] Wilson-Hodge et al. (2018); [6b] (Reig et al. 2020); [7a] Negueruela et al. (1999); [7b] Doroshenko et al. (2016); [8a] Reig et al. (2005a); [8b] Ferrigno et al. (2013); [9a] Haigh et al. (2004); [9b] Grundstrom et al. (2007); [10a] Reig et al. (2010); [10b] Chhotaray et al. (2024); [11a] Yan et al. (2012); [11b] Nespoli et al. (2012); [12a] Verrecchia et al. (2002); [12b] Marcu-Cheatham et al. (2015); [13a] Galloway et al. (2004); [13b] Liu et al. (2025); [14a] Parmar et al. (1989); [14b] Wilson et al. (2008); [15a] Wilson et al. (1998); [15b] Kızıloǧlu et al. (2007); [16a] Baykal et al. (2000); [16b] Reig et al. (2004); [17] Reig & Zezas (2014); [18] Bonnet-Bidaud & Mouchet (1998); [19a] Corbet et al. (2007); [19b] Blay et al. (2006); [20a] in’t Zand et al. (2001); [20b] Reig et al. (2017); [21] Esposito et al. (2013).

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