Publication Date:
2019-06-27
Description:
Algol (Beta Persei) has been detected in two separate exposures of an imaging X-ray telescope. The 0.15- to 2-keV X-ray luminosity is approximately 2 by 10 to the 30th power erg/s. The X-ray flux is interpreted as thermal emission produced by direct accretion of mass from the K star to the B8 member of the triple star system.
Keywords:
ASTRONOMY
Type:
Astrophysical Journal; vol. 214
Format:
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