The Inclination of the Orbital Plane of CYGNUS-X-1 - a Montecarlo Study

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Jan 1981

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Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 94, P. 121, 1981

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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In this paper, we present a Monte Carlo study of Thomson scattering in a tidally distorted circumstellar envelope. HDE 226868, the optical component of Cygnus X-1, seems to be accounted for by such a model if minor physical effects, which are common in binaries, are added. Indeed, a star which nearly fills its Roche lobe may be described by a prolate ellipsoïd. During the orbital period, polarization and light suffer variations whose amplitudes depend on the orbital inclination i. We deduce 20° ≲ i ≲ 40° from the observed variations.

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