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Analysis of optical spectra of V1357 Cyg≡Cyg X-1

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Optical spectra and light curves of the massive X-ray binary V1357 Cyg are analyzed. The calculations were based on models of irradiated plane-parallel stellar atmospheres, taking into account reflection of the X-ray radiation, asphericity of the stellar surface, and deviations from LTE for several ions. Comparison of observed spectra obtained in 2004–2005 at the Bohyunsan Observatory (South Korea) revealed variations of the depths of HI lines by up to 18% and of HeI and heavy elements lines by up to 10%. These variations are not related to the orbital motion of the star, and are probably due to variations of the stellar wind intensity. Perturbations of the thermal structure of the atmosphere due to irradiation in various states of Cyg X-1 (including outburst) do not lead to the formation of a hot photosphere with an electron temperature exceeding the effective temperature. As a result, variations of the profiles of optical lines of HI, HeI, and heavy elements due to the orbital motion of the star and variations of the irradiating X-ray flux do not exceed 1% of the residual intensities. Allowing for deviations from LTE enhances the HI and HeI lines by factors of two to three and the MgII lines by a factor of nine, and is therefore required for a fully adequate analysis of the observational data. Analysis of the HI, HeI, and HeII lines profiles yielded the following set of parameters for theOstar at the observing epoch: T eff = 30 500±500 K, log g = 3.31±0.05, [He/H] = 0.42 ± 0.05. The observed HeI line profiles have emission components that are formed in the stellar wind and increase with the line intensity. The abundances of 11 elements in the atmospheres of V1357 Cyg and α Cam, which has a similar spectral type and luminosity class, are derived. The chemical composition of V1357 Cyg is characterized by a strong excess of helium, nitrogen, neon, and silicon, which is related to the binarity of the system.

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    V. V. Shimanskii & N. N. Shimanskaya

  2. Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhnyi Arkhyz, Karachaevo-Cherkessian Republic, Russia

    V. V. Shimanskii

  3. Institute of Astronomy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    E. A. Karitskaya

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    N. G. Bochkarev

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    G. A. Galazutdinov

  6. Crimean laboratory, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Nauchny, Crimea, Ukraine

    V. M. Lyuty

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Original Russian Text © V.V. Shimanskii, E.A. Karitskaya, N.G. Bochkarev, G.A. Galazutdinov, V.M. Lyuty, N.N. Shimanskaya, 2012, published in Astronomicheskii Zhurnal, 2012, Vol. 89, No. 10, pp. 821–842.

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Shimanskii, V.V., Karitskaya, E.A., Bochkarev, N.G. et al. Analysis of optical spectra of V1357 Cyg≡Cyg X-1. Astron. Rep. 56, 741–760 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106377291210006X

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