Obscuring Supersoft X-ray Sources in Stellar Winds
Abstract
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.
- Publication:
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Binary Paths to Type Ia Supernovae Explosions
- Pub Date:
- January 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921312014883
- Bibcode:
- 2013IAUS..281..140N
- Keywords:
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- X-rays: binaries;
- stars: close binaries;
- supernovae;
- radiation mechanisms: general