K. Matsumoto et Re. Mennickent, On the secondary star of the galactic supersoft X-ray source RX J0925.7-4758 and Doppler tomography of the emission lines, ASTRON ASTR, 356(2), 2000, pp. 579-584
We carried out optical spectroscopic observations of the galactic supersoft
X-ray source RX J0925.7-4758. The relatively long orbital period among sup
ersoft X-ray sources was confirmed. The nature of the secondary star is dis
cussed using its invisibility in the optical spectrum. Under the hypothesis
of a non-eclipsing white dwarf, we derived an A-G giant secondary with an
inclination angle of 55 degrees +/- 10 degrees. Doppler maps of the He II l
ambda 4686 and H alpha emission lines were constructed, which generally res
emble those of RX J0019.8+2156, suggesting a common line emitting region in
supersoft X-ray sources. The concentration of the main emission region to
low-velocities indicates that the mass function gives only a lower limit to
the mass of the secondary star.