Bibcode
Casares, J.; Charles, P. A.
Referencia bibliográfica
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (ISSN 0035-8711), vol. 255, March 1, 1992, p. 7-18.
Fecha de publicación:
3
1992
Número de citas
24
Número de citas referidas
20
Descripción
Results of high-resolution optical spectroscopy of V404 Cyg (the optical
counterpart of the X-ray transient GS2023 + 338), conducted 13 months
after the May 1989 outburst are presented. The double-peaked H-alpha
line exhibits a strong S-wave modulation from which a periodicity of 5.7
hr is deduced. The level of the continuum is also modulated on the same
time-scale. This behavior is identified with the orbital period of the
system. There are also changes in the FWHM and peak separation, which
evolves from widening to subsequent shrinking. Such variations suggest a
very complex line profile consisting perphaps of several different
components.