X-ray induced shocks in stellar winds

Details X-ray induced shocks in stellar winds X-ray induced shocks in stellar winds

Jul 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980a%26a....87..102f&link_type=abstract

Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 87, no. 1-2, July 1980, p. 102-108. Research supported by the Radcliffe Trust.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Binary Stars, Shock Fronts, Stellar Mass Ejection, Stellar Winds, Supermassive Stars, X Ray Sources, Abundance, High Temperature Gases, Hydrodynamics, Ionized Gases, Light Curve, Mathematical Models, Photoionization, Supergiant Stars, X Ray Binaries

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Mass loss via a radiatively driven wind is an important feature of the massive X-ray binaries. X-ray photoionization and heating can drastically alter the dynamical properties of this wind. Collisions between the radiatively driven wind and the stagnant, hot, photoionized gas results in strong shocks and create dense sheets of gas trailing the X-ray source. Optical and X-ray absorption in these sheets may explain many observed features in the light curves of 3U 1700-37, 3U 0900-40, SMC X-1, Cyg X-1 and, in particular, Circinus X-1.

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