The symbiotic system CH Cygni: An analysis of the shocked nebulae at different epochs
✍ Scribed by M. Contini; R. Angeloni; P. Rafanelli
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 557 KB
- Volume
- 330
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-6337
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
We analyse the line and continuum spectra of the symbiotic system CH Cygni. We adopt the colliding‐wind model to explain the symbiotic system at different phases. Peculiar observed features such as flickering, radio variation, X‐ray emission, as well as the distribution of the nebulae and shells throughout the system are investigated by modelling the spectra at different epochs. The models account consistently for shock and photoionization and are constrained by absolute fluxes. We find that the reverse shock between the stars leads to the broad lines observed during the active phases, as well as to radio and hard X‐ray emission, while the expanding shock is invoked to explain the data particularly during the transition phases (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)