Rapid evolution of the relativistic jet system SS 433
Abstract
We analyzed a 40-year set of multicolor photometry and a 15-year set of synoptic monitoring of SS 433 along with fragmentary spectral and radio data. This system contains a neutron star and an A3-A7 I giant. The system is found to be either close, in contact, or it has a common envelope from time to time. The A-type giant is now in transition to the dynamical mass transfer.
- Publication:
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High-mass X-ray Binaries: Illuminating the Passage from Massive Binaries to Merging Compact Objects
- Pub Date:
- December 2019
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921319001169
- Bibcode:
- 2019IAUS..346..255G
- Keywords:
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- accretion;
- dense matter;
- X-rays: binaries;
- individual (SS 433 V1343 Aql)