In the colliding-wind region of massive binaries, non-thermal radio emission occurs. This non-thermal radio emission (due to synchrotron radiation) has so far been observed at centimetre wavelengths. At millimetre wavelengths, the stellar winds and the colliding-wind region emit more thermal free-free radiation, and it is expected that any non-thermal contribution will be difficult or impossible to detect. We aim to determine if the material in the colliding-wind region contributes substantially to the observed millimetre fluxes of a colliding-wind binary. We also try to distinguish the synchrotron emission from the free-free emission. We monitored the massive binary Cyg OB2 #8A at 3 mm with the NOrthern Extended Millimeter Array (NOEMA) interferometer of the Institut de Radioastronomie Millimetrique (IRAM). The data were collected in 14 separate observing runs (in 2014 and 2016), and provide good coverage of the orbital period. The observed millimetre fluxes range between 1.1 and 2.3 mJy, and show phase-locked variability, clearly indicating that a large part of the emission is due to the colliding-wind region. A simple synchrotron model gives fluxes with the correct order of magnitude, but with a maximum that is phase-shifted with respect to the observations. Qualitatively this phase shift can be explained by our neglect of orbital motion on the shape of the colliding-wind region. A model using only free-free emission results in only a slightly worse explanation of the observations. Additionally, on the map of our observations we also detect the O6.5 III star Cyg OB2 #8B, for which we determine a 3 mm flux of 0.21 +- 0.033 mJy. The question of whether synchrotron radiation or free-free emission dominates the millimetre fluxes of Cyg OB2 #8A remains open. More detailed modelling of this system, based on solving the hydrodynamical equations, is required to give a definite answer.
A Detailed Spectroscopic Study of the WN6ha + O5 Colliding-wind Binary WR 25
F.R.S.-FNRS(法国国家科研中心);Space sciences, Technologies and Astrophycics Research (STAR) Institute, Université de Liège(列日大学空间科学与技术天体物理研究所);Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata, CONICET-UNLP(拉普拉塔天文所);Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata(拉普拉塔国立大学天文与地球物理学院);Royal Observatory of Belgium(比利时皇家天文台);Las Campanas Observatory, Carnegie Observatories(拉斯坎帕纳斯天文台);Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven(荷语鲁汶大学天体物理研究所);Departamento de Física y Astronomía, Universidad de la Serena(塞雷纳大学物理与天文系)
研究 WR 25 双星系统,通过获取新光谱改进轨道解,确认 O 伴星并确定其与 WN 星的质量比等,证明 He II λ4859 线吸收成分来源,确定 WN 光谱型,通过分析得出近似物理参数,明确其所属天体家族。
Eta Carinae: an evolving view of the central binary, its interacting winds and its foreground ejecta
Eta Car的FUV光谱,在二十年的时间里用HST/STIS记录,记录了我们视线中消散消光引起的共振线的多次变化。FUV通量增加了近十倍,这导致了侏儒体内多个壳层的电离增加和分子氢的光破坏。观测到的共振线剖面与CMFGEN模式剖面的比较,允许分离的风-风碰撞和壳approptions从主风,天鹅座P profiles.The消散的掩星优先掩盖中心双星和相互作用的风相对于非常广泛的主风。我们现在能够监测碰撞风与轨道相位的变化。在最近的近星点通道上发生了高速瞬态扰动,表明次级风加速了主风,导致了下游的高速弓形激波,这是每个轨道周期新产生的。没有证据表明双星风的性质发生了变化。