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WW Horologii : revised period and X-ray light curve.
Bibcode: 1990A&A...238..187B

Tagliaferri, G.; Beuermann, K.; Giommi, P. +2 more

An improved orbital period of the eclipsing AM Herculis binary WW Hor is reported, which allows the relative phasing of 1983 EXOSAT X-ray and the 1986-89 optical light curves to be established. It is found that X-rays and optical cyclotron continuum are produced by the same accreting pole on the magnetic white dwarf. In 1984, WW Hor was not detect…

1990 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Exosat 7
The ultraviolet spectrum of solar analogs.
Bibcode: 1990A&A...234..332A

Altamore, A.; Rossi, C.; Rossi, L. +1 more

The ultraviolet high resolution IUE spectrum between 2600 and 3200 A of a sample of stars classified as solar analogs by Hardorp (1982 and references therein), including the southern solar twin HR 2290, is studied. A list of Fe II absorption line identifications and equivalent widths in the considered spectral region is presented. An analysis of t…

1990 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUE 6
Accretion disk in the high-redshift quasar HS 1700+6416.
Bibcode: 1990A&A...231L...1S

Siemiginowska, A.; Dobrzycki, A.

We apply the standard accretion disk model to reproduce the EUV spectrum of the high-redshift (z = 2.72) quasar HS 1700+6416. We find a satisfactory fit to the observed spectrum. The contribution of the accretion disk to the continuum emission in the soft X-ray spectral region may be significant.

1990 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUE 5
The nature of the hot subdwarf SB 744.
Bibcode: 1990A&A...233..159U

Unglaub, K.; Bues, I.

Various spectra in the visual wavelength range, one low-resolution ultraviolet spectrum, and color measurements in the red region have been taken to clarify the nature of the hot subdwarf SB 744. The colors and weak metallic lines as well as a G-band (CH) in the visual spectra indicate the existence of a cool companion, whereas the hydrogen and he…

1990 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUE 5
Spectro-imagery of small diameter galaxies. I. Markarian 600 = MCG 1-08-008.
Bibcode: 1990A&A...233..348A

Figon, P.; Vanderriest, C.; Augarde, R. +1 more

The blue dwarf irregular galaxy Markarian 600 was observed by classical (slit) spectrography as well as bidimensional (fibre optics) spectrography. This object is found to be metal-deficient (about 1/8 solar) with an underabundant young stellar content. Two knots of gas ionized by hot stars (T_eff_ ~/- 50 000 K) are imbedded in a faint red envelop…

1990 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUE 5
Search for chromospheric MgII emission in Ap-type stars.
Bibcode: 1990A&A...229..186S

Seggewiss, W.

Observations of the Mg II h and k line resonance doublet in the spectra of 10 of the latest Ap-type stars show no sign of emission cores in the broad absorption lines. Thus, the Mg II lines give no evidence for chromospheric activity in peculiar A-type stars; the present observations sharpen the boarder between active and non-active stars. This fa…

1990 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUE 4
The ultraviolet spectrum of the hydrogen-poor binary HD 30353.
Bibcode: 1990A&A...230..136P

Hack, M.; Parthasarathy, M.; Tektunali, G.

An analysis is made of the high- and low-resolution UV spectra of the hydrogen-poor star HD 30353. The stellar wind profiles of the resonance lines of N V, C V, and Si IV are found to be similar to those observed in Upsilon Sgr. However, HD 30353 shows shortward-shifted profiles also in the ground-level lines of Fe II, in the subordinate multiplet…

1990 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUE 4
LTE analysis of the far-ultraviolet variations of 21 Comae.
Bibcode: 1990A&A...237..402M

Monier, R.; Megessier, C.

The far-ultraviolet variations of the cool Ap star 21 Com in the spectral region 1450 - 1510 A are studied by using synthetic spectra. The integrated flux of the star is calculated, and the effective temperature of the star is derived and found to be lower than previous estimates. The computation of synthetic spectra indicates that the flux at the…

1990 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUE 4
Two patterns of correlated X-ray timing and spectral behaviour in low-mass X-ray binaries.
Bibcode: 1989A&A...225...79H

van der Klis, M.; Hasinger, G.

Exosat data are used to study the power spectra of 16 LMXBs as a function of their behavior in X-ray color-color diagrams. The study confirms the existence of a class of sources with three-branched Z-shaped colour-colour diagrams characterized by a temporal behavior that is strongly dependent on the position of the source on the Z. Evidence for an…

1989 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Exosat 953
The winds of O-stars. II. The terminal velocities of stellar winds ofO-type stars.
Bibcode: 1989A&A...221...78G

Pauldrach, A. W. A.; Lamers, H. J. G. L. M.; Groenewegen, M. A. T.

The SEI method (Lamers et al., 1987) is used to obtain P Cygni profiles of the UV resonance lines of C IV, N V, and S IV and of the subordinate UV lines of N IV and C III observed in the spectra of 27 O-type stars. Theoretical profiles which include the turbulence effects agree well with the observations, and they can account for the deep absorpti…

1989 Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUE 140