Comments on the Einstein X-ray variability of HD 50896 and other Wolf-Rayet stars

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Dec 1989

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989apj...347..409p&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 347, Dec. 1, 1989, p. 409-412.

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Binary Stars, Variable Stars, Wolf-Rayet Stars, X Ray Spectra, Emission Spectra, Heao 2, Light Curve, Stellar Luminosity

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It is shown that the statistical significance of the reported apparent rapid variability of the X-ray flux of the WR star HD 50896 is low. The other X-ray-bright WR stars are also constant within a factor of two on similar time scales. Random probabilities of a few percent apply on longer time scales of the few-day-period orbital modulations reported by Moffat et al. (1982) for HD 50896 and V444 Cygni. There is no reason to suppose that the X-ray emission of HD 50896 is of a fundamentally different character from that of other hot stars.

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