Atmospheric Modelling of the Companion Star in GRO J1655-40
Date
2001
Authors
Buxton, Michelle
Vennes, Stephane
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CSLI Publications
Abstract
We have measured the rotational velocity of the companion star to be vrot sin i = 80 ± 10 km s-1 (1σ) by fitting Kurucz model spectra to our observed spectrum of the black-hole candidate GRO J1655-40. From this we have calculated q = 0·31 ± 0·08, the
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Keywords: Binaries: spectroscopic; Stars: individual (GRO J1655-40); Stars: rotation
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
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