ON SOME FEATURES OF FREE PRECESSION OF A TRIAXIAL BODY - THE CASE OF HER-X-1

Authors
SHAKURA NI POSTNOV KA PROKHOROV ME
Citation
Ni. Shakura et al., ON SOME FEATURES OF FREE PRECESSION OF A TRIAXIAL BODY - THE CASE OF HER-X-1, Astronomy and astrophysics, 331(3), 1998, pp. 37-40
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Astronomy and astrophysics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00046361
Volume
331
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
37 - 40
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(1998)331:3<37:OSFOFP>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
We show that the free precession of a triaxial body can naturally expl ain the anomalously rapid change of the X-ray pulse profile of Her X-1 observed by the HEAO-1 in September 1978 without requiring a large ch ange in the moment of inertia.