JAPC - A Far UV Luminosity Component In SS433

Speaker: Dr. J. F. Dolan, Dept. of Astronomy, SDSU and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Topic: "A Far UV Luminosity Component In SS433"

Time: 2:00 PM, Friday, March 2, 2007

Place: P-148 (refreshments will be served at 1:45 PM in P146A)

Abstract: SS433 is a binary system showing two sets of emission lines. The two emission line systems exhibit relativistic Doppler shifts in opposite directions corresponding to a mass motion velocity v/c = 0.26. We observed SS433 with the SWIFT satellite to determine the emission mechanism responsible for its far UV continuum. A luminosity component in addition to those previously detected in the visible and X-ray regions of its spectrum must exist in the far UV spectrum of SS433.

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