Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Apr 1995
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995a%26a...296..685h&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.296, p.685
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Stars: Circumstellar Matter, Stars: Emission-Line, Be, Stars: White Dwarf, Stars: Individual: {Gamma} Cassiopeiae, X-Rays: Stars
Scientific paper
A ROSAT observation of the Be star γ Cas revealed the existence of a variable soft component in the X-ray spectrum. This component can be modeled either by blackbody emission with kT of 200eV or bremsstrahlung with kT around 2keV. The 0.1-0.4keV light curve suggests a possible period of 135.6min for a sinusoidal modulation, with the variation mainly caused by changing photo-electric absorption while the characteristic temperature of the soft spectral component stays constant. The ROSAT spectrum of γ Cas is different to that of X Persei, debilitating the argument that the X-ray source is a neutron star from similarities to the Be/neutron star binary X Persei. The X-ray properties of γ Cas in the ROSAT band resemble more those of magnetic cataclysmic variables suggesting a white dwarf as origin of the X-rays.
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