Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982mnras.198..289h&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 198, Jan. 1982, p. 289-296.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Binary Stars, Light Curve, Magellanic Clouds, Stellar Models, X Ray Sources, Neutron Stars, Optical Thickness, Stellar Luminosity, Stellar Mass, Stellar Mass Accretion, Stellar Structure
Scientific paper
The extragalactic X-ray binary system Sk 160/SMC X-1 is analyzed within the context of constraints furnished by spectroscopic and X-ray data. Using a light-curve analysis, evidence is found for a large, optically thick accretion disk which contributes approximately 5% of the total luminosity of the system at V. The most likely source for this luminosity is thought to be reprocessed X-rays, which also act on the stellar photosphere. The system is located at a distance of 45 + or - 5 kpc, outside the main body of the SMC.
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