A lower limit for the mass of the compact object in SS433 - a black hole?

Elia M. Leibowitz; Tsevi Mazeh; Haim Mendelson

doi:10.1038/307341a0

A lower limit for the mass of the compact object in SS433 - a black hole?

Elia M. Leibowitz^*, Tsevi Mazeh, Haim Mendelson

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School of Physics and Astronomy

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Abstract

The SS433 system ejects two relativistic jets with a velocity of 0.26c. The two jets are in oppsite directions, precessing with a period of 160 days ¹. The system is assumed to include a compact object which rotates around a normal star with a period of 13 days^2,3. There are strong indications for the presence of an accretion disk around the compact object ⁴. Based on study of a photometric light curve obtained during 3 years of observations⁵, we suggest here that the compact object might be a black hole.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	341-342
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature
Volume	307
Issue number	5949
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/307341a0
State	Published - 1984

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