Simulations of X-ray Reprocessing in a Massive X-ray Binary Wind

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May 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998aas...192.7801w&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, 192nd AAS Meeting, #78.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 30, p.932

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The compact X-ray source in a massive X-ray binary ionizes its companion star wind, disrupting its flow. This ionized wind reemits X-rays through recombination and fluorescence. When the compact X-ray source is eclipsed by its companion, the spectrum of these reprocessed X-rays may be observed independantly from the featureless spectrum observed directly from the compact X-ray source. We have calculated the spectrum of the reprocessed X-rays from the seen in eclipse from the SMC X-1 system using a numerical hydrodynamic model of its turbulent wind as well as smooth, analytic density distributions, both with a range of elemental abudances. I will discuss the implications of present data from the ASCA observatory and future observation with AXAF on elemental abundances and models of the wind.

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