Supersoft X-Ray Sources [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the International Workshop Held in Garching, Germany, 28 February – 1 March 1996 / edited by Jochen Greiner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Greiner, Jochen., Editor.

Series:

Lecture Notes in Physics, 0075-8450 ; 472

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astronomy--Observations.

Astronomy.

Astronomy—Observations.

Astrophysics.

Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

Astrophysics and Astroparticles.

Local Subjects:

Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

Astrophysics and Astroparticles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIII, 354 p. 59 illus.)

Edition:

1st ed. 1996.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Observations with X-ray satellite ROSAT over the past 5 years have established supersoft X-ray sources as a new class of objects in our Galaxy and beyond. Optical follow-up observations have revealed the binary nature of several of them. Recent population synthesis calculations have shown that the number of such binaries is expected to be considerably larger than those of the common low- and high-mass X-ray binaries. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the many recent observational discoveries and theoretical investigations. It describes relations between supersoft sources and other areas in astrophysics. This volume also comprises a complete catalog of presently known supersoft sources including a comprehensive bibliography of observational results.

Contents:

On the evolution, numbers and characteristics of close-binary supersoft sources

White dwarfs with H/He burning as supersoft X-ray sources

Hot high-gravity NLTE model atmospheres applied to supersoft sources

Luminous supersoft X-ray sources in globular clusters

The integrated X-ray spectrum of galactic populations of luminous supersoft X-ray sources

Neutron stars can do it too if they want to

SSSs as progenitors of the BHCs

Simulation of the visual light curve of CAL 87

Accretion disks in supersoft X-ray sources

Supersoft X-ray sources in M31

X-ray and optical observations of RX J0925.7-4758: Constraints on the binary structure

The X-ray energy spectrum of RX Jo925.7-4758 with ASCA

Optical photometry of RX J0019.8+2156 over the last three years

Phase resolved UV spectroscopy of RX J0019.8+2156

Optical spectroscopy of RX J0439.8-6809 and 1E 0035.4-7230

Photometric observations of supersoft sources in the LMC

Optical light curve and binary period of the supersoft X-ray transient RX J0513.9-6951

Non-LTE model atmosphere analysis of the supersoft X-ray source RX J0122.9-7521

Implications of light metals (Li?Ca) on NLTE model atmospheres for hot stars

The long-term X-ray lightcurve of RX J0527.8-6954

Interpretation of the long-term optical variations of RX J0019.8+2156

ROAST monitoring of the LMC supersoft transient source RX J0513.9-6951

Optical variability of the LMC supersoft source RX J0513.9-6951

Optical and X-ray variability of supersoft X-ray sources

Type Ia supernovae and supersoft X-ray sources

Luminous supersoft X-ray sources as progenitors of type Ia supernovae

A new model for progenitors of type Ia supernovae and its relation to supersoft X-ray sources

Transient and recurrent supersoft sources as progenitors of type Ia supernovae and of accretion induced collapse

ROSAT observations of symbiotic binaries and related objects

X-ray properties of symbiotic stars: I. The supersoft symbiotic novae RR tel and SMC3 (=RX J0048.4-7332)

Multiwavelength observations of the symbiotic star AG dra during 1979–1995

UV and X-ray monitoring of AG draconis during the 1994/1995 outbursts

A candidate isolated old neutron star

A systematic search for supersoft X-ray sources in the ROSAT all-sky survey

A search for optical counterparts to supersoft X-ray sources in the ROSAT pointed database

Catalog of luminous supersoft X-ray sources.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

3-540-68512-X