ON THE RADIAL ONSET OF CLUMPING IN THE WIND OF THE B0I MASSIVE STAR QV NOR

We present an analysis of a 78 ks Chandra high-energy transmission gratings observation of the B0I star QV Nor, the massive donor of the wind-accreting pulsar 4U1538−52. The neutron star (NS) orbits its companion in a very close orbit (r < 1.4R[subscript *], in units of the stellar radii), thereb...

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Main Authors: Oskinova, Lidia M., Rodes-Roca, J. J., Shenar, T., Wilms, J., Torrejon, J. M., Schulz, Norbert S., Nowak, Michael A.
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: IOP Publishing 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100044