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X-ray Observations of Bow Shocks around Runaway O Stars. The case of $\zeta$ Oph and BD+43$^{\circ}$3654
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Non-thermal radiation has been predicted within bow shocks around runaway stars by recent theoretical works. We present X-ray observations towards the runaway stars $\zeta$ Oph (Chandra and Suzaku) and BD+43$^{\circ}$3654 (XMM-Newton) to search for the presence of non-thermal X-ray emission. We found no evidence of non-thermal emission spatially coincident with the bow shocks, nonetheless, diffuse emission is detected in the vicinity of $\zeta$ Oph. After a careful analysis of its spectral characteristics we conclude that this emission has a thermal nature with a plasma temperature of $T \approx 2 \times10^{6}$ K. The cometary shape of this emission seems to be in line with recent predictions of radiation-hydrodynamic models of runaway stars. The case of BD+43$^{\circ}$3654 is puzzling as non-thermal emission has been reported in a previous work for this source.<br />Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures, 1 table; to appear in ApJ
- Subjects :
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1602.07805
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/821/2/79