An unusually strong radio outburst in Algol - VLBI observations

Details An unusually strong radio outburst in Algol - VLBI observations An unusually strong radio outburst in Algol - VLBI observations

Jun 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976apj...206l.107c&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, vol. 206, June 1, 1976, pt. 2, p. L107-L111.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Binary Stars, Radio Interferometers, Radio Sources (Astronomy), Variable Stars, Algol, Brightness Temperature, Size (Dimensions)

Scientific paper

For 8 hours during a strong radio flare on Jan. 15, 16, 1975, the close binary system Beta Persei (Algol) was observed with a three-station VLBI array operating at 7850 MHz. The size of the radio source was estimated to have been about 1.7 milliarcsec (0.05 AU), based on a model of a uniformly bright disk. The corresponding brightness temperature was nearly 10 billion K, indicating that the emission was probably nonthermal. There was no evidence for expansion of the source; the upper limit on the rate of any expansion was 100 km/s. The position of the Algol radio source with respect to an extragalactic reference frame was also determined from these observations with an uncertainty of about 0.1 arcsec in each coordinate.

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