The effect of photoelectric absorption on the Comptonized X-ray spectrum of an accreting white dwarf

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Oct 1980

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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 193, Oct. 1980, p. 1P-5P. Research supported by the Radcliffe Trust.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Compton Effect, Stellar Mass Accretion, Stellar Spectra, Stellar Spectrophotometry, White Dwarf Stars, X Ray Sources, Electrophotometry, Self Consistent Fields, Stellar Luminosity, X Ray Spectra

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We have computed self- consistent models for spherical accretion on to a degenerate dwarf when the infalling gas is optically thick to Compton scattering. We find that photoelectric absorption by the heavy elements has an important effect on the emergent X-ray spectrum. This indicates that the compact object in Cygnus X-2 is most unlikely to be a degenerate dwarf.

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