UV Spectra of the Eclipsing LMC X-Ray Binary CAL 87

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Nov 1995

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Astronomical Journal v.110, p.2394

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Stars: Individual: Cal 87, Binaries: Eclipsing, Cataclysmic Variables

Scientific paper

UV spectra of the supersoft x-ray binary CAL 87 have been obtained with the Faint Object Spectrograph of the HST. Eight spectra were obtained in 1995 January in a continuous observation covering the eclipse, from orbital phase 0.65 to 0.02. Interstellar extinction is modeled and removed to measure the system luminosity. The disk bolometric luminosity is estimated at ~10^36^ ergs s^-1^. Continuum light curves are derived for wavelengths from ~1200 to 2500 A, which are broadly similar to the variations seen in the visible. Line emission is present at HeII 1640 A and in a broad, unidentified feature at ~1500 A. All data show pronounced changes which are related to the eclipse and pre-eclipse dip. The He II 1640A velocities are similar to those of 4686 A from 1994 November, but both differ in amplitude and phase from those of 4686 A observed in 1988. The observations are interpreted in terms of an accretion disk in the system, containing a thickened area where the mass-transfer stream joins it.

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