SS 433: The wiggle of the wind

Abstract

The Balmer H alpha emission line in the stationary spectrum of SS 433 has a component originating in the wind above the accretion disk. The Doppler motion of this line is a blurred representation of the motion of the compact object accreting. I show how this may be understood in terms of emission lasting over a few days, like radiation from the jet bolides.

4 pages, 3 figures. A coda to my circumbinary disk studies. To appear in A&A

References in corpus (4)

• Fluctuations and symmetry in the speed and direction of the jets of SS433 on different timescales
• On the Origin of the Absorption Features in SS433
• Interpretation of observations of the circumbinary disk of SS 433
• More on the circumbinary disk of SS 433

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