Ultraviolet spectroscopic observations of HD 77581(Vela X-1 = 4U 0900-40)

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Abstract

Ultraviolet spectra of HD 77581 obtained with the IUE satellite in December 1982 and January 1983 are analyzed. The effective temperature is found to be 25,000 + or - 1000 K by comparing its photospheric absorption lines with those in four well-studied B0-B1 supergiants. The distance of 1.9 + or - 0.2 kpc is derived from its luminosity log L/solar-L = +5.53, which is obtained from the effective temperature and from its radius. Circumstellar matter is detected not only in the C IV and Si IV lines but also in Al III, Fe III, C II, and Mg II lines. Profiles of the C IV and Si IV lines show a similar dependence on the orbital phase as in 1978. Two distinct sharp components are found in the shortward-shifted absorptions of the Al III and Fe III lines. Once component is present only in the second half of the orbital period, and its origin may be a 'trailing wake' behind the neutron star. The other component is seen all over the period, and it can be interpreted as originating in a cool expanding region of gas in the orbital plane.

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