Infrared Spectroscopy Of V404 CYGNI. Limits On The Accretion Disc Contamination

Bibcode
1996oxun.reptQ....S
Shahbaz, T.; Bandyopadhyay, R.; Charles, P. A.; Naylor, T.
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Journal Article, Oxford Univ. Oxford, United Kingdom

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5
1996
Number of authors
4
IAC number of authors
0
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0
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0
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We have obtained for the first time 2.10 - 2.45 micron infrared spectra of soft X-ray transient V404 Cygni. We determine a 95 percent confidence upper limit to the fraction of light arising from the accretion disc of 14 percent. The effect this has on the mass of the compact object, determined from modelling the infrared ellipsoidal variations, is to reduce its mass to at most 10 M(solar mass).
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Non-refereed
Astronomical models
Binary stars

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