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The origin of the supersoft X-ray--optical/UV flux anticorrelation in the symbiotic binary AG Draconis

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arxiv 0908.1624 v1 pith:FIE2IF4V submitted 2009-08-12 astro-ph.HE

The origin of the supersoft X-ray--optical/UV flux anticorrelation in the symbiotic binary AG Draconis

A. Skopal , M. Sekeras , R. Gonzalez-Riestra , R.F. Viotti This is my paper
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AG Draconis produces a strong supersoft X-ray emission.The X-ray and optical/UV fluxes are in a strict anticorrelation throughout the active and quiescent phases. The aim of this contribution is to identify the source of the X-ray emission and reveal the nature of the observed flux anticorrelation. For this purpose we model the X-ray and UV observations with XMM-Newton, far-UV spectroscopy from FUSE, low- and high-resolution IUE spectra and optical/near-IR spectroscopic and/or photometric observations. Our analysis showed that the supersoft X-ray emission is produced by the white dwarf photosphere. The X-ray and far-UV fluxes make it possible to determine its temperature unambiguously. The supersoft X-ray--optical/UV flux anticorrelation is caused by the variable wind from the hot star. The enhanced hot star wind gives rise to the optical bursts by reprocessing high-energy photons from the Lyman continuum to the optical/UV.

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