POLARIZATION ECLIPSE MODEL OF THE WOLF-RAYET BINARY V444 CYGNI WITH CONSTRAINS ON THE STELLAR RADII AND AN ESTIMATE OF THE WOLF-RAYET MASS-LOSS RATE

We present an improved analytical model as well as a new set of multi-wavelength observation of the polarization eclipse of the Wolf-Rayet binary V444 Cygni (WN5+O6). Comparing the model with the observations yields an estimate of the O and Wolf-Rayet star radii as well as of the Wolf-Rayet mass-los...

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Main Authors: N. St-Louis, A. F. J. Moffat, L. Lapointe, Yu. S. Efimov, N. M. Shakhovskoy, G. K. Fox, V. Piirola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Odessa I. I. Mechnykov National University 2017-07-01
Series:Odessa Astronomical Publications
Online Access:http://oap.onu.edu.ua/article/view/105792