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Bipolar Jets, Hot Interaction Regions, and Colliding Winds in OB Interacting Binaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 July 2007

Geraldine J. Peters
Geraldine J. Peters*
Affiliation:
Space Sciences Center & Department Of Physics & Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1341. email: gjpeters@mucen.usc.edu
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Abstract

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Contemporary information on the nature of the circumstellar environment in early-type interacting binaries derived from observation is discussed. Emphasis is placed on results from FUV spectroscopy. New spectra from the FUSE spacecraft and earlier FUV observations with IUE have revealed the presence of hot interaction regions, bipolar outflows, splash outflows, and accretion hot spots in Algol-type systems with B-type mass gainers. In addition, close O-type pairs and systems containing O + W stars show a shock-heated region generated from their colliding winds. Recent FUSE observations of an apparent hot accretion spot and associated splash plasma in the direct-impact system U Cephei are presented.

Keywords

binaries: closecircumstellar matterstars: early-typeultraviolet: stars
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S240: Binary Stars as Critical Tools & Tests in Contemporary Astrophysics , August 2006 , pp. 148 - 153
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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