2002/06/26 by C. Brocksopp, R. P. Fender, G. G. Pooley · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05813.x
published as Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 336 (2002) 699 · Accepted for publication in MNRAS
arxiv created 2002/06/26 · openalex publication_date 2002/10/21 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We present model light curves which have been created in order to explain the orbital modulation observed in the radio emission of Cyg X-1. We invoke variable absorption by the stellar wind as the black hole jet orbits around the OB companion star and find that a very simple model is able to reproduce the amplitudes and frequency dependence of the observed light curves.