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2011ApJ...737...30O - Astrophys. J., 737, 30 (2011/August-2)

The non-thermal, time-variable radio emission from Cyg OB2 #5: a wind-collision region.

ORTIZ-LEON G.N., LOINARD L., RODRIGUEZ L.F., MIODUSZEWSKI A.J. and DZIB S.A.

Abstract (from CDS):

The radio emission from the well-studied massive stellar system Cyg OB2 #5 is known to fluctuate with a period of 6.7 years between a low-flux state, when the emission is entirely of free-free origin, and a high-flux state, when an additional non-thermal component (of hitherto unknown nature) appears. In this paper, we demonstrate that the radio flux of that non-thermal component is steady on timescales of hours and that its morphology is arc-like. This shows that the non-thermal emission results from the collision between the strong wind driven by the known contact binary in the system and that of an unseen companion on a somewhat eccentric orbit with a 6.7 year period and a 5-10 mas semimajor axis. Together with the previously reported wind-collision region located about 0".8 to the northeast of the contact binary, so far Cyg OB2 #5 appears to be the only multiple system known to harbor two radio-imaged wind-collision regions.

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Journal keyword(s): radio continuum: stars - stars: individual: Cyg OB2 #5 - stars: winds, outflows

CDS comments: J0218+3851 is a probable misprint for J2018+3851 and is not in SIMBAD.

Simbad objects: 2

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