Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jun 1999
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999stin...9988375l&link_type=abstract
Technical Report, Eureka Scientific, Inc. Oakland, CA United States
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation, Accretion Disks, Light Curve, Stellar Radiation, X Ray Binaries, Ultraviolet Astronomy, Ultraviolet Emission, Neutron Stars, Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer Satellite, Pulsars, X Ray Spectra, Companion Stars
Scientific paper
Her X-1 exhibits a strong orbital modulation of its EUV (Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation) flux with a large decrease around time of eclipse of the neutron star, and a significant dip which appears at different orbital phases at different 35-day phases. We consider observations of Her X-1 in the EUVE by the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE), which includes data from 1995 near the end of the Short High state, and date from 1997 at the start of the Short High state. The observed EUV lightcurve has bright and faint phases. The bright phase can be explained as the low energy tail of the soft x-ray pulse. The faint phase emission has been modeled to understand its origin. We find: the x-ray heated surface of HZ Her is too cool to produce enough emission; the accretion disk does not explain the orbital modulation; however, reflection of x-rays off of HZ Her can produce the observed lightcurve with orbital eclipses. The dip can be explained by shadowing of the companion by the accretion disk. We discuss the constraints on the accretion disk geometry derived from the observed shadowing.
Leahy Denis A.
Marshall Herman
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