High Dispersion Untraviolet Spectra of the Peculiar Star RX Puppis

Authors

Menas Kafatos, Chapman UniversityFollow
A. G. Michalitsianos, NASA, Goddard Space Flight CenterFollow
R. P. Fahey, NASA, Goddard Space Flight CenterFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1985

Abstract

High spectral resolution observations of the peculiar star RX Puppis obtained with the International Ultraviolet Explorer suggest the presence of a complex gaseous ring system which surrounds an accreting hot secondary. The anomalous line intensity ratio of the C IV A.A-1548, 1550 doublet during the observations exceeded the optically thick limit, implying the presence of a high-velocity wind. Additionally, the C IV doublet exhibits about four or five narrow emission components, which are redshifted up to velocities of at least - + 300 km s -I (with respect to the rest wavelength).

Comments

This article was originally published in Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, volume 59, in 1985. DOI: 10.1086/191085

Recommended Citation

Kafatos, M., Michalitsianos, A.G., Fahey, R.P. (1985) High Dispersion Untraviolet Spectra of the Peculiar Star RX Puppis, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 59: 785-798. doi: 10.1086/191085

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