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Photoionized Plasmas in X-Ray Binary Pulsars: ASCA Observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Fumiaki Nagase*
Affiliation:
The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229, Japan

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Massive X-ray binary pulsars have often evolved early-type companion stars which emanate strong stellar winds. X-rays emitted from the accreting neutron star irradiate and ionize the surrounding stellar wind, thus forming a photoionized sphere surrounding the neutron star. The photoionization structure of matter surrounding the neutron star was calculated by Hatchett and McCray (1977) and McCray et al. (1984), for Cen X-3 and Vela X-1 respectively.

Type
Session 3: Diagnostics of High Gravity Objects with X- and Gamma Rays
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998 

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