On the X-ray properties of V Sge and its relation to the supersoft X-ray binaries

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dc.creatorGreiner, Jochen
dc.creatorvan Teeseling, Andre
dc.date1998-09-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:27:56Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:27:56Z
dc.descriptionWe investigate the ROSAT X-ray properties of V Sge, which has been proposed to be related to supersoft X-ray binaries. During optical bright states, V Sge is a faint hard X-ray source, while during optical faint states (V >=12 mag), V Sge is a `supersoft' X-ray source. Spectral fitting confirms that V~Sge's X-ray properties during its soft X-ray state may be similar to those of supersoft X-ray binaries, although a much lower luminosity cannot be excluded. It is possible to explain the different optical/X-ray states by a variable amount of extended uneclipsed matter, which during the optical bright states contributes significantly to the optical flux and completely absorbes the soft X-ray component. An additional, perhaps permanent, hard X-ray component, such as a bremsstrahlung component with a 0.1-2.4 keV luminosity of ~10^30 erg/s, must be present to explain the X-ray properties during the optical bright/hard X-ray state.
dc.description4 pages (aa style) incl. 3 figures; to be publ. in Astronomy & Astrophysics; also available from http://www.obs.aip.de/~jcg/publis.html
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9809192
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9809192
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/12910
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleOn the X-ray properties of V Sge and its relation to the supersoft X-ray binaries
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