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Mirabel, I. F.; Bandyopadhyay, P. A.; Charles, P. A.; Shahbaz, T.; Rodriguez, L. F.
Bibliographical reference
Technical Report, Oxford Univ. Oxford, United Kingdom Dept. of Physics
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1996
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We obtained K-band (2.0-2.5 micron) infrared spectra of the visually
obscured superluminal source GRS 1915+105 on three different epochs of
the year 1995, at times when it was detected as a hard X-ray source. The
three spectra exhibit HI Br(gamma) (2.167 micron) and HeI (2.058 micron)
emission lines. The spectral morphology, absolute magnitude, and
time-variability of the infrared counterpart are consistent with the
class of high mass X-ray binaries that contain late Oe and early Be as
mass donor stars. In GRS 1915+105 we have not detected Doppler-shifted
emission lines, as observed in the classic stellar source of
relativistic jets SS 433. We discuss why in GRS 1915+105 it may be more
difficult than in SS 433 to detect emission lines from the jets.