Simultaneous EXOSAT and VLA observations of the contact binaries VW Cephei and XY Leonis - Quiescent emission and a flare on VW Cephei

Details Simultaneous EXOSAT and VLA observations of the contact binaries VW Cephei and XY Leonis - Quiescent emission and a flare on VW Cephei Simultaneous EXOSAT and VLA observations of the contact binaries VW Cephei and XY Leonis - Quiescent emission and a flare on VW Cephei

Jul 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988apj...330..922v&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 330, July 15, 1988, p. 922-927.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Eclipsing Binary Stars, Radio Astronomy, Stellar Flares, Stellar Radiation, X Ray Astronomy, Exosat Satellite, Flare Stars, Plasma Radiation, Stellar Spectrophotometry, Very Large Array (Vla)

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Two W UMa-type contact binaries, XY Leo and VW Cep, were observed simultaneously with Exosat, the VLA, and, in the case of XY Leo, optically. The temporal coverage of each star was sufficient to monitor them throughout two orbital revolutions (P about 0.27 days); however, no orbital modulation of either the X-ray or 6 cm data was seen for either star, indicating large emitting regions. A large flare from VW Cep was detected, the best such simultaneous flare data ever obtained from a star other than the sun. Its behavior before, during, and after the flare was remarkably similar to that found in solar flares, although at 6 cm this flare on VW Cep was about 10,000 times more luminous than typical strong solar flares. For both stars, it is demonstrated that the 6 cm emission cannot be the result of bremsstrahlung radiation of the X-ray emitting plasma; in fact, it is shown, in the case of the VW Cep flare, that the 6 cm emission is consistent with gyrosynchrotron radiation from a source region of order of the system separation.

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