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Variations in the Profiles of Hβ and He II 4686 A in Vela X-1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Ed. J. Zuiderwijk*
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, Geneva, Switzerland

Abstract

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The first results are presented of an extensive spectroscopic study of HD 77581 = Vela X-1, based on several averaged Coude spectra. The profile of Hβ is phase-dependent and consists of two absorption components superimposed on one another. The profile of He II 4686 A is of the P-Cygni type around phase 0.7, whereas the line is in absorption with variable strength between phase 0.9 and phase 0.5 (with respect to the X-ray eclipse).

Type
VI. X-Ray Binaries
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1980