The orbital modulation in the radio emission of Cygnus X-1

被引:20
作者
Brocksopp, C
Fender, RP
Pooley, GG
Paciesas, WS
机构
[1] Liverpool John Moores Univ, Astrophys Res Inst, Birkenhead CH41 1LD, Merseyside, England
[2] Univ Amsterdam, Astron Inst Anton Pannekoek, NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam, Netherlands
[3] Univ Amsterdam, Ctr High Energy Astrophys, NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam, Netherlands
[4] Univ Cambridge, Cavendish Lab, Mullard Radio Astron Observ, Cambridge CB3 0HE, England
关键词
binaries : general; stars : individual : Cyg X-1; stars; winds; outflows; radio continuum : stars;
D O I
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05813.x
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present model light curves which have been created in order to explain the orbital modulation observed in the radio emission of Cyg X-1. We invoke variable absorption by the stellar wind as the black hole jet orbits around the OB companion star and find that a very simple model is able to reproduce the amplitudes and frequency dependence of the observed light curves.
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页码:699 / 704
页数:6
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