Infrared spectroscopy of V616 Monocerotis (=A0620-00): the accretion disc contamination

Authors
Shahbaz, T Bandyopadhyay, RM Charles, PA
Citation
T. Shahbaz et al., Infrared spectroscopy of V616 Monocerotis (=A0620-00): the accretion disc contamination, ASTRON ASTR, 346(1), 1999, pp. 82-86
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
ISSN journal
00046361 → ACNP
Volume
346
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
82 - 86
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(199906)346:1<82:ISOVM(>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We have obtained for the first time K-band-infrared spectra of the soft X-r ay transient V616 Mon (=A0620-00). We determine the 2-sigma upper limit to the fraction of light arising from the accretion disc to be 27 percent. The effect this has on the binary inclination, determined from modelling the i nfrared ellipsoidal variations is to increase it by less than 7 degrees and decrease the mass of the the black hole by less than 3.6 M-..