V444 Cygni X-ray and polarimetric variability: Radiative and Coriolis forces shape the wind collision region
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Cyg X-ray and polarimetric variability: Radiative and Coriolis forces shape the wind collision region
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 XMMNewton observations...
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عنوان ژورنال: Astronomy & Astrophysics
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0004-6361,1432-0746
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201424468