X-raying the wind-wind collisions in HD 168112 and HD 167971

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Main Authors: Rauw, Gregor, Blomme, Ronny, Nazé, Yaël, Volpi, Delia
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Published: 2024
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author Rauw, Gregor
Blomme, Ronny
Nazé, Yaël
Volpi, Delia
author_facet Rauw, Gregor
Blomme, Ronny
Nazé, Yaël
Volpi, Delia
contents The O-type long-period binary HD 168112 and triple HD 167971 star systems have been known for several decades for their non-thermal synchrotron radio emission. This emission arises from relativistic electrons accelerated in the hydrodynamic shocks of the wind collisions in these systems. Such wind collisions are expected to produce a strong X-ray emission that varies as a function of orbital phase. In wide eccentric binaries, such as our targets, the X-ray emission arises from an adiabatic plasma and its intensity should scale as the inverse of the orbital separation. We present a set of XMM-Newton observations of these systems which help us gain insight into the properties of their wind interactions.
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spellingShingle X-raying the wind-wind collisions in HD 168112 and HD 167971
Rauw, Gregor
Blomme, Ronny
Nazé, Yaël
Volpi, Delia
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
The O-type long-period binary HD 168112 and triple HD 167971 star systems have been known for several decades for their non-thermal synchrotron radio emission. This emission arises from relativistic electrons accelerated in the hydrodynamic shocks of the wind collisions in these systems. Such wind collisions are expected to produce a strong X-ray emission that varies as a function of orbital phase. In wide eccentric binaries, such as our targets, the X-ray emission arises from an adiabatic plasma and its intensity should scale as the inverse of the orbital separation. We present a set of XMM-Newton observations of these systems which help us gain insight into the properties of their wind interactions.
title X-raying the wind-wind collisions in HD 168112 and HD 167971
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.14458