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Nov 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994apj...436l..83a&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 436, no. 1, p. L83-L86
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Abundance, Eclipsing Binary Stars, Light Curve, Stellar Composition, Triple Stars, X Ray Sources, Line Spectra, X Ray Spectra, X Ray Spectroscopy
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We report a 1.7 day ASCA X-ray observation of the 2.87 day binary Algol (Beta Per), centered on the secondary eclipse. Spectra accumulated for different intensity states show a prominent He-like iron K line at 6.7 keV. A two-temperature variable abundance plasma model applied to the spectra yielded temperatures of approximately 8 and approximately 30 MK. The modeled coronal abundances of Fe, O, Mg, Si, S, Ar, and Ca were a factor of 2-3 below the solar photospheric value, and N less than 0.1. These model abundance anomalies are similar to those found from the ASCA spectra of other late-type stars and may indicate either true deviations from solar abundances or problems with the assumptions and atomic physics of the plasma models. The X-ray light curve shows a factor of 2 increase in flux over 13 hr beginning in the middle of the secondary eclipse, with a shallow eclipse centered on phase 0.45. The orbital light curve is similar to that observed by ROSAT 1 year earlier. The rise in flux is caused by an increase in the emission measure of the higher temperature component. The intensity variation is not associated with any major change in the abundances or temperature of the two components.
Antunes Alex
Nagase Fumiaki
White Nicholas E.
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