We present eclipse time series of ultraviolet CIV 1549A and HeII profiles in the spectrum of the nova-like variable UX UMa, obtained using the Goddard High Resolution Spectrometer (GHRS) on board the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). These data provide important new insights into the origin of these mainly wind-formed lines. Specifically, they show that the shallow line eclipses first discovered in International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) observations are due to the occultation of superposed narrow absorption features and provide the first clear evidence that the outflows in high-state cataclysmic variables (CV) are rooted in the inner accretion disk.


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    Title :

    Ultraviolet eclipse observations of an accretion disk wind


    Contributors:
    Drew, J. E. (author) / Mason, K. O. (author) / Cordova, F. A. (author) / Horne, K. D. (author) / Mauche, C. W. (author) / Raymond, J. C. (author)

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    Publication date :

    1995-01-01



    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


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    No indication


    Language :

    English


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