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Obscuring Supersoft X-ray Sources in Stellar Winds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2013

Mikkel T. B. Nielsen ,
Carsten Dominik  and
Gijs Nelemans
Mikkel T. B. Nielsen
Affiliation:
Department of Astrophysics, IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, PO Box 9010, NL-6500 GL Nijmegen, the Netherlands email: [email protected]
Carsten Dominik
Affiliation:
Department of Astrophysics, IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, PO Box 9010, NL-6500 GL Nijmegen, the Netherlands email: [email protected] Sterrenkundig Instituut “Anton Pannekoek”, Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Gijs Nelemans
Affiliation:
Department of Astrophysics, IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, PO Box 9010, NL-6500 GL Nijmegen, the Netherlands email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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We investigate the possibility of obscuring supersoft X-ray sources in the winds of companion stars. We derive limits on the amount of circumstellar material needed to fully obscure a ‘canonical’ supersoft X-ray source in the Large Magellanic Cloud, as observed with the Chandra X-ray Observatory.

Keywords

X-rays: binaries — stars: close binariessupernovae — radiation mechanisms: general
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 7 , Issue S281: Binary Paths to Type Ia Supernovae Explosions , July 2011 , pp. 140 - 144
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013

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