Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-10-30
Astrophys.J.656:431-436,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
accepted to ApJ, 19 pages including 6 figures and 3 tables
Scientific paper
10.1086/510508
We report on a three year spectroscopic monitoring program of the H-alpha emission in the massive X-ray binary LS I +65 010 = 2S 0114+650, which consists of a B-supergiant and a slowly rotating X-ray pulsar. We present revised orbital elements that yield a period of P=11.5983 +/- 0.0006 d and confirm that the orbit has a non-zero eccentricity e=0.18 +/- 0.05. The H-alpha emission profile is formed in the base of the wind of the B-supergiant primary, and we show how this spectral feature varies on timescales that are probably related to the rotational period of the B-supergiant. We also examine the X-ray fluxes from the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer All-Sky Monitor instrument, and we show that the X-ray orbital light curve has a maximum at periastron and a minimum at the inferior conjunction of the B-supergiant. We also show that the wind emission strength and the high energy X-ray flux appear to vary in tandem on timescales of approximately a year.
Blair J. L.
Gies Douglas R.
Grundstrom Erika D.
Huang Wankang
Levine Alan M.
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