Dust Around Cygnus X-1

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Mar 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008sptz.prop50590h&link_type=abstract

Spitzer Proposal ID #50590

Physics

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We propose IRAC and MIPS imaging of the immediate vicinity of the High Mass X-ray Binary and black hole (BH), Cygnus X-1 to examine the interaction between an outflow, which is apparently driven by jet activity, and the nearby interstellar medium. Previous observations with ISO found (warm) extended (~30') infrared emission centered on Cyg X-1, but suffered from low resolution and sensitivity. The IRAC and MIPS observations proposed here will examine the nature of infrared emission from Cyg X-1 in detail, and look for infrared emission associated with the bow-shock/bubble structure imaged in the radio and H-alpha (this feature lies just beyond the area imaged by ISO). Our proposed images, combined with existing IRS spectra, will help to elucidate the nature of the ISO-detected extended emission, and enable us to better evaluate the impact that Cyg X-1 has on its immediate environment.

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