Simultaneous EXOSAT and optical observations of the pulsing X-ray binary H2252-035 / AO PSC

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Binary Stars, Pulsars, Stellar Spectra, X Ray Sources, Accretion Disks, Exosat Satellite, Optical Emission Spectroscopy, X Ray Spectra

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The 805 sec pulsing X-ray source H2252-035 was observed for 7 hr on September 14/15 and on September 17, 1983 in X-ray by EXOSAT. For part of the time on both observations simultaneous photometry at a 90 cm optical telescope was obtained. The 805 sec sinusoidal X-ray variation is clearly detected in the 2.3 to 7.9 keV range as a stable feature showing spectral hardening during pulse minimum and being well phase locked. In the optical 805 sec light curve, however, there is a 180 deg phase shift between the 2 nights. Reduced X-ray intensity is seen at the minimum of the optical data with an indication of a phase shift between the nights in the opposite direction to the shift of the optical maximum. The X-ray orbital modulation may be due to partial eclipse of the X-ray emitting hot spot on the white dwarf by a bulge at the outer edge of the accretion disk.

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