A Revised Ephemeris and FUSE Observations of the Supersoft X-ray Source CAL 83

Details A Revised Ephemeris and FUSE Observations of the Supersoft X-ray Source CAL 83 A Revised Ephemeris and FUSE Observations of the Supersoft X-ray Source CAL 83

2003-11-17

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0311395v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

21 pages and 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1086/380222

A new ephemeris has been determined for the supersoft X-ray binary CAL 83 using MACHO photometry. With an improved orbital period of 1.047568 days, it is now possible to phase together photometric and spectroscopic data obtained over the past two decades with new far ultraviolet spectra taken with FUSE. We discuss the properties of the orbital and longterm optical light curves as well as the colors of CAL 83. In the far ultraviolet the only well-detected stellar feature is emission from the O VI resonance doublet. The radial velocity of this emission appears to differ from that of HeII in the optical region, although we only have partial phase coverage for the O VI line. The FUSE continuum variations are similar to the optical light curve in phase and amplitude.

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