We present results from a study of the eclipsing, colliding-wind binary V444 Cyg that uses a comb... more We present results from a study of the eclipsing, colliding-wind binary V444 Cyg that uses a combination of X-ray and optical spectropolarimetric methods to describe the 3-D nature of the shock and wind structure within the system. We have created the most complete X-ray light curve of V444 Cyg to date using 40 ksec of new data from Swift, and 200 ksec of new and archived XMM-Newton observations. In addition, we have characterized the intrinsic, polarimetric phase-dependent behavior of the strongest optical emission lines using data obtained with the University of Wisconsin's Half-Wave Spectropolarimeter. We have detected evidence of the Coriolis distortion of the wind-wind collision in the X-ray regime, which manifests itself through asymmetric behavior around the eclipses in the system's X-ray light curves. The large opening angle of the X-ray emitting region, as well as its location (i.e. the WN wind does not collide with the O star, but rather its wind) are evidence of radiative braking/inhibition occurring within the system. Additionally, the polarimetric results show evidence of the cavity the wind-wind collision region carves out of the Wolf-Rayet star's wind.
... La dernière année a été marquée par le départ de Fred Kulhawy, de Denise Leahy, de Julie Shan... more ... La dernière année a été marquée par le départ de Fred Kulhawy, de Denise Leahy, de Julie Shang, de Leslie Smith et de John Sobkowicz. ... F. Palmeira, EM Peggs, I. Pereira, J. Petrie, J. Phillips, R. Pirie, RJ Pirzada, G. Popescu, R. Poulos, HG Proskin, S. Proudfoot, D. Puphal ...
... eccentricity. For a 100 + 40 M⊙ binary, ap = 0.28a which gives Kp = 32 sini/ √ 1 − e2 km s −1... more ... eccentricity. For a 100 + 40 M⊙ binary, ap = 0.28a which gives Kp = 32 sini/ √ 1 − e2 km s −1 . For a 70 + 70 M⊙ binary, one finds Kp = 55 sini/ √ 1 − e2 km s −1 . This can then be com-pared to the observed radial velocity amplitude. ...
We present results from a study of the eclipsing, colliding-wind binary V444 Cyg that uses a comb... more We present results from a study of the eclipsing, colliding-wind binary V444 Cyg that uses a combination of X-ray and optical spectropolarimetric methods to describe the 3-D nature of the shock and wind structure within the system. We have created the most complete X-ray light curve of V444 Cyg to date using 40 ksec of new data from Swift, and 200 ksec of new and archived XMM-Newton observations. In addition, we have characterized the intrinsic, polarimetric phase-dependent behavior of the strongest optical emission lines using data obtained with the University of Wisconsin's Half-Wave Spectropolarimeter. We have detected evidence of the Coriolis distortion of the wind-wind collision in the X-ray regime, which manifests itself through asymmetric behavior around the eclipses in the system's X-ray light curves. The large opening angle of the X-ray emitting region, as well as its location (i.e. the WN wind does not collide with the O star, but rather its wind) are evidence of radiative braking/inhibition occurring within the system. Additionally, the polarimetric results show evidence of the cavity the wind-wind collision region carves out of the Wolf-Rayet star's wind.
... La dernière année a été marquée par le départ de Fred Kulhawy, de Denise Leahy, de Julie Shan... more ... La dernière année a été marquée par le départ de Fred Kulhawy, de Denise Leahy, de Julie Shang, de Leslie Smith et de John Sobkowicz. ... F. Palmeira, EM Peggs, I. Pereira, J. Petrie, J. Phillips, R. Pirie, RJ Pirzada, G. Popescu, R. Poulos, HG Proskin, S. Proudfoot, D. Puphal ...
... eccentricity. For a 100 + 40 M⊙ binary, ap = 0.28a which gives Kp = 32 sini/ √ 1 − e2 km s −1... more ... eccentricity. For a 100 + 40 M⊙ binary, ap = 0.28a which gives Kp = 32 sini/ √ 1 − e2 km s −1 . For a 70 + 70 M⊙ binary, one finds Kp = 55 sini/ √ 1 − e2 km s −1 . This can then be com-pared to the observed radial velocity amplitude. ...
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