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X-ray Studies of SS433

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

J. E. Grindlay ,
D. Band ,
F. Seward ,
L. Stella  and
M. Watson
J. E. Grindlay
Affiliation:
Smithsonian/Harvard Center for Astrophysics
D. Band
Affiliation:
Smithsonian/Harvard Center for Astrophysics
F. Seward
Affiliation:
Smithsonian/Harvard Center for Astrophysics
L. Stella
Affiliation:
Smithsonian/Harvard Center for Astrophysics
M. Watson
Affiliation:
University of Leicester

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Results of Einstein Observations of SS433 are discussed which address both the nature of the diffuse X-ray lobes and the relationships between SS433 and W50 as well as the time variability and nature of the central X-ray source. The diffuse X-ray lobes extend out to the quasi-spherical shell seen in the radio maps of W50 and suggest that the X-ray lobes are powered by the interaction of shock-heating from the SS433 jets and the denser material in the W50 shell. The central X-ray source in SS433 is time variable but only on timescales ≳ 500–1000 sec. Flares, in which the non-thermal spectrum hardens, are detected at two preferred phases in the 13.08 day binary orbit. Constraints on the central X-ray source size as well as a possible eclipse by the companion star suggest the compact object in SS433 may be an ~10 M⊙ black hole.

Type
V. Compact Objects Associated With Supernova Remnants, Pulsars and Neutron Stars
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 101: Supernova Remnants and Their X-Ray Emission , 1983 , pp. 459 - 463
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1983 

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