A soft X-ray halo around SU UMa

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Dwarf Stars, Novae, X Ray Astronomy, X Ray Sources, Emission Spectra, Flux Density, Proportional Counters, Stellar Mass Ejection, Stellar Temperature

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The dwarf nova SU UMa was observed with the imaging proportional counter (IPC) detector on the Einstein X-ray Observatory on 4 October 1979 at 4 h UT for about 3,000 s. An X-ray source was detected at the position of the star. It had a flux of 1.3 x 10 to -11th erg/sq cm s (0.6 counts per s) in the 0.1-4.5 keV energy range of the IPC, assuming a spectral temperature of about 10 keV. In addition, several areas of weaker emission were observed which form a ring that is symmetrically disposed about the position of the dwarf nova. This latter emission is detected only at energies below 0.7 keV; the possibility that it arises in material that has been ejected from the star in a nova-like event is discussed.

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