The orbital modulation in the radio emission of Cygnus X-1

Abstract

We present model lightcurves which have been created in order to explain the orbital modulation observed in the radio emission of Cyg X-1. We invoke variable absorption by the stellar wind as the black hole jet orbits around the OB companion star and find that a very simple model is able to reproduce the amplitudes and frequency dependence of the observed lightcurves.

Accepted for publication in MNRAS

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