Observations of SS 433
Abstract
Contents: (1) Introduction: Basic data. (2) Optical and infrared observations: Doppler-shifted spectral lines. Deviations from the kinematic model. The stationary spectrum and "normal" star. Interstellar lines and extinction. Optical and infrared photometry. (3) Radio observations: The central source. The extended components. (4) X- and gamma-ray observations. (5) W50. (6) Some major uncertainties: Jet energetics, collimation, and acceleration. The disk and precession mechanism. The nature of the compact star. The extragalactic analogy. (7) Analogous galactic objects.
- Publication:
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Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- 1984
- DOI:
- 10.1146/annurev.aa.22.090184.002451
- Bibcode:
- 1984ARA&A..22..507M