Obscuration of Supersoft X-ray Sources in Circumbinary Material A Way to Hide Type Ia Supernova Progenitors?

Authors
Publication date 2013
Host editors
  • G. Pugliese
  • A. de Koter
  • M. Wijburg
Book title 370 Years of Astronomy in Utrecht
Book subtitle proceedings of a conference held at Hotel Leeuwenhorst, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, 2-5 april
ISBN
  • 9781583818244
Series Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series
Event 370 Years of Astronomy in Utrecht
Pages (from-to) 281-283
Publisher San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract We investigate the possibility of obscuring supersoft X-ray sources in circumbinary material. We derive upper limits on the amount of circumstellar material needed to fully obscure a ‘canonical’ supersoft X-ray source, as observed with the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Document type Conference contribution
Language English
Published at http://aspbooks.org/a/volumes/article_details/?paper_id=35355
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