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1994A&A...287..559M - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 287559-563 (1994/7-2)

Instability in a braking disk: Herculis X-1 in the inactive state.

MEYER F. and MEYER-HOFMEISTER E.

Abstract (from CDS):

We study the properties of the accretion disk in the binary system HZ Her/Her X-1 during an "inactive" phase. Such phases without accretion onto the neutron star are known from historical plate collections. We show that a disk instability, comparable to the one causing the dwarf nova outbursts will probably lead to cyclic light variations. But the higher luminosity of the secondary star makes them hardly detectable.

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Journal keyword(s): stars: individual: Her X-1 - accretion disks - X-rays: stars - instabilities

Simbad objects: 1

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