A soft X-ray halo around SU UMa
Abstract
The dwarf nova SU UMa was observed with the imaging proportional counter (IPC) detector1 on the Einstein X-Ray Observatory on 4 October 1979 at 4 h UT for ~3,000 s. An X-ray source was detected at the position of the star. It had a flux of 1.3 × 10-11 erg cm-2 s-1 (0.6 counts per s) in the 0.1-4.5 keV energy range of the IPC, assuming a spectral temperature of ~10 keV (ref. 2). In addition, several areas of weaker emission were observed which form a ring that is symmetrically disposed about the position of the dwarf nova. This latter emission is detected only at energies below 0.7 keV. We discuss here the possibility that it arises in material that has been ejected from the star in a nova-like event.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- September 1980
- DOI:
- 10.1038/287025a0
- Bibcode:
- 1980Natur.287...25C
- Keywords:
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- Dwarf Stars;
- Novae;
- X Ray Astronomy;
- X Ray Sources;
- Emission Spectra;
- Flux Density;
- Proportional Counters;
- Stellar Mass Ejection;
- Stellar Temperature;
- Astrophysics