A New Soft X-Ray Mode in the AM Herculis Object E2003+225
Abstract
Exosat observations of the AM Her object E2003 + 225 made in June and September 1985, are presented together with optical and ultraviolet observations. The averages of soft X-ray count rate doubled between October 1983 and June 1985; the simultaneously measured V band intensity fell by a factor of 3 and the UV flux by 20 percent. The medium-energy X-ray flux did not increase significantly. In September 1985, E2003 + 225 was observed to have a radically different soft X-ray light curve from that seen previously, but an average intensity similar to that of June 1985. The new soft X-ray light curve showed two similar peaks and two unequal minima separated by half a period. The optical light curve observed 2 days earlier showed no major change in shape. These observations provide a serious challenge to the standard model of AM Her objects.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- April 1987
- DOI:
- 10.1086/184873
- Bibcode:
- 1987ApJ...315L.123O
- Keywords:
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- Binary Stars;
- Hercules Nova;
- Light (Visible Radiation);
- Light Curve;
- Ultraviolet Radiation;
- X Ray Sources;
- Black Body Radiation;
- High Resolution;
- Linear Polarization;
- Luminous Intensity;
- Astrophysics;
- X-RAYS: BINARIES;
- X-RAYS: SOURCES