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The X-ray view of the Wolf-Rayet stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

A.M.T. Pollock
A.M.T. Pollock*
Affiliation:
Computer & Scientific Co. Ltd, 34 Westwood Road, Sheffield S11 7EY, England

Abstract

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Ever since the earliest work, X-ray observations have been central in the chequered development of the study of interacting high-velocity winds in binaries. This review assesses how confidently the observations of Wolf-Rayet stars may be interpreted as the result of colliding winds, drawing attention to the wide range of X-ray luminosities even among the relatively bright binaries. Although the data do not generally conform to the simplest binary models, some suggestions are made to reconcile theory and observation.

Keywords

stars: Wolf-RayetX-rayscolliding winds
Type
Session VII - Hydrodynamics and high-energy physics of colliding winds
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 163: Wolf-Rayet Stars: Binaries, Colliding Winds, Evolution , 1995 , pp. 429 - 437
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1995 

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