Images of an equatorial outflow in SS 433

被引:75
作者
Blundell, KM
Mioduszewski, AJ
Muxlow, TWB
Podsiadlowski, P
Rupen, MP
机构
[1] Univ Oxford, Dept Astrophys, Oxford OX1 3RH, England
[2] Natl Radio Astron Observ, Socorro, NM 87801 USA
[3] Univ Manchester, MERLIN VLBI Natl Facil, Jodrell Bank Observ, Macclesfield SK11 9DL, Cheshire, England
关键词
binaries : close; radio continuum : stars; stars : individual (SS 433);
D O I
10.1086/324573
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We have imaged the X-ray binary SS 433 with unprecedented Fourier plane coverage at 6 cm using simultaneously the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), MERLIN, and the Very Large Array and also at 20 cm using the VLBA. At both wavelengths we have securely detected smooth, low surface brightness emission having the appearance of a "ruff" or collar attached perpendicularly to the well-studied knotty jets in this system and extending over at least a few hundred AU. We interpret this smooth emission as a windlike outflow from the binary and discuss its implications for the present evolutionary stage of this system.
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页码:L79 / L82
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