Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Nov 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981apj...250..355d&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 250, Nov. 1, 1981, p. 355-361.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Eclipsing Binary Stars, Oso-8, Radiant Flux Density, X Ray Sources, X Ray Spectra, Compton Effect, Ephemerides, Magnetic Poles, Magnetic Stars, Neutron Stars, Periodic Variations, Stellar Mass Accretion, Variable Stars, X Ray Spectroscopy
Scientific paper
The X-ray source 4U 0900-40 (= Vela XR-1) was observed with the high-energy X-ray spectrometer on OSO 8 for one week in 1976 and three weeks in 1978. Spectra of the source are presented above 16 keV. No systematic difference exists between the X-ray eclipse centers and the eclipse centers predicted from optical ephermerides. Short period intrinsic variability in the system's X-ray intensity may be related to changes in the Compton scattering optical depth in the system and does not require sporadic mass transfer via Roche lobe overflow. The 282 s modulation in the source's X-ray flux above 21 keV consists of two essentially similar pulses per period, most easily interpreted as arising from the two different magnetic poles of a rotating neutron star. The secondary appears to be a spherically accreting, magnetic neutron star.
Crannell Carol J.
Dennis Brian R.
Dolan James F.
Ellison Donald C.
Frost Kenneth J.
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