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High luminosity X-ray binaries: IUE results

Hutchings, J. B.

The contribution of UV spectroscopy to the understanding of massive X-ray binaries, is reviewed. Results are given in the context of normal stars and binaries. The IUE results have enabled a greater understanding of the effects of accretion disks and X-ray heating in the systems, and provide absolute fluxes and luminosities. High-dispersion data r…

Erratum - Ground-Based and IUE Spectral Observations of Au-Monocerotis

Sahade, J.; Ferrer, O. E.

The early-type component in nu.01 Sgr.

Kondo, Y.; McCluskey, G. E.; Wu, C. -C.

Four low-resolution UV spectra of v1 Sgr (cK2) were obtained with the IUE satellite to investigate the nature of the hot component in this object, which was detected in the Astronomical Netherlands Satellite UV photometric data. The IUE results show that the spectral energy distribution of v1 Sgr in the FUV is comparable to that of a B9 star. FUV …

Determination of the rotational excitation temperature in solar type stars.

Rego, M.; Fernandez-Figueroa, M. J.; Perea, A.

The OH molecular spectrum has been identified in three solar type stars, β Com, β CVn, and κ Cet. The rotational excitation temperature from molecular line intensities of OH has been determined for these stars. The observations in high resolution were made by use of the IUE satellite.

IUE and Einstein observations of supernovae

Palumbo, G. G. C.

In this paper IUE observations of two type II and three type I Supernovae (see Table I and Table II) are reviewed. The type II events were also observed by Einstein and SN 1980k was detected in the soft X-ray energy band. Combining UV spectra available of the same events one has the elements to construct a physical picture which accounts for all o…

The coronas of galaxies

Savage, B. D.; de Boer, K. S.

The instrumentation and results of observations of interstellar and intergalactic gases are reviewed, particularly for UV satellite data on the dynamics and composition of the galactic corona. Radio telescopes began the mapping of gas in the central galactic disk in the 1950's, using 21-cm readings to detect atomic hydrogen clouds 100,000 light ye…

IUE Observatory - European Space Agency - Villafranca Satellite Tracking Station / Vilspa

Penston, M. V.; Heck, A.

Observations de comètes faibles avec IUE.

Festou, M.

Spectral observations of eight comets, including seven periodic comets, made in the range 1150-3400 A with the IUE satellite are presented. Comet Bradfield, the sole nonperiodic comet observed, is found to exhibit strong OH and atomic hydrogen emissions from the decomposition of water, along with oxygen, carbon, sulfur, carbon disulfide, C2 and CO…

The thermonuclear model for X-ray transients.

Woosley, S. E.; Weaver, T. A.; Wallace, R. K.

IUE observations of cataclysmic variables

Szkody, P.

The four years of IUE operation have revealed that the ultraviolet region of the spectrum contributes a dominant share of the emerging energy from cataclysmic variables and provides important clues to the physical nature of these systems. The implications of the continuum flux distributions and line spectra for the determination of the accretion r…