Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Feb 1990
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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 350, Feb. 10, 1990, p. 386-394.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
89
Accretion Disks, Light Curve, Line Spectra, Stellar Spectrophotometry, X Ray Binaries, Balmer Series, Charge Coupled Devices
Scientific paper
Results are presented for the first simultaneous spectroscopic and photometric study of Cen X-4 in its quiescent state. The spectrum of this X-ray nova consists of a K5-K7V stellar part plus an accretion disk component. Determinations of the 0.629 day orbital period, and the + or - 150 km/s K-velocity of the absorption lines are confirmed. A system center-of-mass velocity of 137 + or - 17 km/s is found. Within the context of an extended version of the model of Chevalier et al. (1989), I and V-I light curves can be explained by the tidal distortion of the secondary plus some excess light from the splash point, the region where the accretion stream strikes the edge of the disk. Cen X-4 is compared to the black-hole X-ray nova A0620 - 00. It is suggested that some differences may be due to the presence of a disk/star boundary layer in Cen X-4 and its absence in A0620 - 00.
McClintock Jeffrey E.
Remillard Ronald A.
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