Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Periodic and Secular Changes in SS 433

  • Chapter
Field Theory in Elementary Particles

Part of the book series: Studies in the Natural Sciences ((SNS,volume 19))

  • 89 Accesses

Abstract

The recent history of SS 433 is reviewed with particular attention being given to the discovery of the periodic phenomena displayed by this object. Several periods ranging from days to months are established as being present in the spectrum of the “moving” lines as well as in other aspects of the emission from the object. In addition evidence for secular change in some of the defining parameters of the system is presented. Although these secular changes may eventually prove to be periodic on a rather long time scale, some interpretation of both the periodic and secular phenomena is possible. It is shown that it is possible to interpret all the known periodic phenomena in terms of a precessing object responding to the time-varying torques that one would expect in a binary system.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  1. Stephenson, C.B. and Sanduleak, N. Astrophys. J. Suppl., 33, 459–469, 1977.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Seward, F.D., Page, C.G., Turner, M.J.L. and Pounds, K.A. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 175, 39p–46p, 1976.

    Google Scholar 

  3. Clark, D.H. and Murdin, P. Nature, 276, 44–45, 1978.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Seaquist, E.R., Gregory, P.C. and Crane, P.C. Int. Astron. Union Circ. 3256, 1978.

    Google Scholar 

  5. Velusamy, T. and Kundu, M.R. Astron. Astrophys. 32, 375–390, 1974.

    Google Scholar 

  6. Clark, D.H., Green, A.J. and Caswell, J.L. Aust. J. Phys. Astrophys. Suppl., No. 37, 75–86, 1975.

    Google Scholar 

  7. Ryle, M., Caswell, J.L., Hine, G. and Shakeshaft, J. Nature, 276, 571–573, 1978.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Westerhout, G. Bull. Astron. Inst. Neth., 14, No. 488, 215–260, 1958.

    Google Scholar 

  9. Holden, D.J. and Caswell, J.L. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 143, 407–435, 1969.

    Google Scholar 

  10. Mammano, A., Ciatti, F. and Vittone, A. Paper submitted to Nature, subsequently published in Astron. Astrophys., 85, 14–19, 1980.

    Google Scholar 

  11. Margon, B. in “Ninth Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astro-physics,11 ed. Ehlers, J., Perry, J. and Walker, M. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 336, 550–565, 1978.

    Google Scholar 

  12. Fabian, A.C. and Rees, M.J. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 187, 13p–16p, 1979.

    Google Scholar 

  13. Milgrom, M. Astron. Astrophys. 76, L3–L6, 1979.

    Google Scholar 

  14. Margon, B. Int. Astron. Union Circ. 3345, 1979.

    Google Scholar 

  15. Liebert, J., Angel, J.R.P., Hege, E.K., Martin, P.G. and Blair, W.P. Int. Astron. Union Circ. 3345, 1979; Nature, 279, 384–387, 1979.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. Ciatti, F., Mammano, A. and Vittone, A. Astron. Astrophys. 94, 251–258, 1981.

    Google Scholar 

  17. Margon, B., Grandi, S.A., Dowries, R., Ford, H.C., Aller, L.H., Plavec, M., Stone, R.P.S., Spinrad, H., Stauffer, J., Burbidge, E.M., Junkkarinen, V.T., Koski, A.T. and Smith, H.E. Bull. American Astron. Soc., 11, 671, 1979.

    Google Scholar 

  18. Abell, G.O. and Margon, B. Nature, 279, 701–703, 1979.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  19. Margon, B., Grandi, S.A. and Downes, R.A. Astrophys. J., 241, 306–315, 1980.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. Firmani, C. Paper at SS 433 session, IAU General Assembly, Montreal, August 1979.

    Google Scholar 

  21. Ciatti, F., Mammano, A. and Vittone, A. Vistas Astron., 25, 27–30, 1981.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. Collins, G.W., II, Newsom, G.H. and Boyd, R.N. Astrophys. Space Sci., 76, 417–440, 1981.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  23. Wagner, R.M., Newsom, G.H., Foltz, C.B. and Byard, P.L. Astron. J. 86, 1671–1678, 1981.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  24. Murdin, P., Clark, D.H. and Martin, P.G. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 193, 135–151, 1980.

    Google Scholar 

  25. Dopita, M.A. and Cherepashchuk, A.M. Vistas Astron., 25, 51–59, 1981.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  26. Collins, G.W., II, and Newsom, G.H. Nature, 280, 474–475, 1979.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  27. Crampton, D., Cowley, A.P. and Hutchings, J.B. Int. Astron. Union Circ. 3388, 1979; Astrophys. J., 235, L131–L135, 1980.

    Google Scholar 

  28. Crampton, D. and Hutchings, J.B. Astrophys. J., 251, 604–610, 1981.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  29. Katz, J.I., Astrophys. J., 236, L127–L130, 1980.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  30. Martin, P.G. and Rees, M.J. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 189, 19p–22p, 1979.

    Google Scholar 

  31. Baliunas, S., Noyes, R., Liller, W. and Tokarz, S. Int. Astron. Union Circ. 3410, 1979.

    Google Scholar 

  32. Crampton, D. Bull. American Astron. Soc., 11, 671–2, 1979.

    Google Scholar 

  33. Liller, W., Noyes, R., Davis, M., Baliunas, S., Sternberg, A. and Tokarz, S., Bull. American Astron. Soc., 11, 732, 1979.

    Google Scholar 

  34. Kemp, J.C., Barbour, M.S., Kemp, G.N. and Hagood, D.M. Vistas Astron., 25, 31–43, 1981.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  35. Cherepashchuk, A.M. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 194, 761–769, 1981.

    Google Scholar 

  36. Gladyshev, S.A., Goransklj, V.P., Kurochkin, N.E. and Cherepashchuk, A.M. Astron. Circ. ( USSR ), No. 1146, 1980.

    Google Scholar 

  37. Gladyshev, S.A., Goranskij, V.P., Kurochkin, N.E. and Cherepashchuk, A.M. Astron. Circ. ( USSR ), No. 1145, 1980.

    Google Scholar 

  38. McLean, I.S. and Tapia, S. Vistas Astron., 25, 45–50, 1981.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  39. Crampton, D. and Hutchings, J.B. Vistas Astron., 25, 13–21, 1981.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  40. Gladyshev, S.A. Astron. Circ. (USSR), No. 1138, 1980.

    Google Scholar 

  41. Catchpole, R.M., Glass, I.S., Carter, B.S. and Roberts, G. Nature, 291, 392–394, 1981.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  42. Mazeh, T., Leibowitz, E.M. and Lahav, O. Astrophys. Lett., 22, 185–191, 1981.

    Google Scholar 

  43. Hjellming, R.M. and Johnston, K.J. Nature, 290, 100–107, 1981 Astrophys. J., 246, L141–L145, 1981.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  44. Niell, A.E., Lockhart, T.G. and Preston, R.A. Astrophys. J., 250, 248–253, 1981.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  45. van Gorkom, J.H., Goss, W.M. and Shaver, P.A. Astron. Astro-phys., 82, L1–L2, 1980.

    Google Scholar 

  46. Margon, B., Ford, H.C., Katz, J.L., Kwitter, K.B., Ulrich, R.K Stone, R.P.S. and Klemola, A. Astrophys. J., 230, L41–L45, 1979.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  47. Grindlay, J. Proc. Orbis Scientiae (this volume), 1982.

    Google Scholar 

  48. Johnston, K.J., Santini, N.J., Spencer, J.H., Klepczynski, W.J., Kaplan, G.H., Josties, F.J., Angerhofer, P.E., Florkowski, D.R. and Matsakis, D.N. Astron. J., 86, 1377–83, 1981.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  49. Newsom, G.H. and Collins, G.W., II. Astron. J., 86, 1250–58, 1981.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  50. Newsom, G.H. and Collins, G.W., II. Int. Astron. Union Circ. 3459, 1980.

    Google Scholar 

  51. Margon, B., Grandi, S.A. and Downes, R.A. Int. Astron. Union Circ. 3469, 1980.

    Google Scholar 

  52. Katz, J.I., Anderson, S.F., Margon, B. and Grandi, S.A. Bull. American Astron. Soc., 13, 801, 1981.

    Google Scholar 

  53. Collins, G.W., II, and Newsom, G.H. Int. Astron. Union Circ. 3547, 1980.

    Google Scholar 

  54. Collins, G.W., II, and Newsom, G.H. Paper submitted to Nature, subsequently published in Astrophys. Space Sci., 81, 199–208 (1982).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  55. Margon, B. Paper given at SS 433 workshop, Tenth Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Baltimore, Dec. 1980.

    Google Scholar 

  56. Blair, W.P. private communication, 1981.

    Google Scholar 

  57. Margon, B., Anderson, S., Grandi, S. and Downes, R. Int. Astron. Union Circ. 3626, 1981.

    Google Scholar 

  58. Collins, G.W., II, and Newsom, G.H. Proceedings of IAU Colloquium 69, Astrophys. Space Sci. Libr., Reidel, 1982 (in press).

    Google Scholar 

  59. Anderson, S.F., Margon, B., Grandi, S.A. and Downes, R.A. Bull. American Astron. Soc., 13, 801, 1981.

    Google Scholar 

  60. Goldstein, H., 1959 Classical Mechanics, Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. Inc. Reading, London p107, 108.

    Google Scholar 

  61. Landau, L.D. and Lifshitz, E.M., 1960, Mechanics, Addison- Wesley Pub. Co. Inc. Reading pp 126–129.

    Google Scholar 

  62. Brouwer, D. and Clemence, G.M., 1961, Methods of Celestical Mechanics Academic Press, New York, London pp 115–124.

    Google Scholar 

  63. Klein, F. and Sommerfeld, A. 1965 Uber die Theorie des Kreisels Johnson Reprint Corp., New York, p291, 307.

    Google Scholar 

  64. Ince, E.L., 1927 Ordinary Differential Equations, Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd. London, New York, Toronto, Bombay, Calcutta and Madrid, pp 381–385.

    Google Scholar 

  65. Hamilton, A.J.S., and Sarazin, C.L. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 198, 59–70, 1982.

    Google Scholar 

  66. Mammano, A., Ciatti, F., and Turvolla, R., Proc. Orbis Scientiae (this volume), 1982.

    Google Scholar 

  67. Fang LiZhi, Ruffini, R., and Stella, L., Vistas Astron., 25, 185–211, 1981.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  68. Geldzahler, B.J., Pauls, T. and Salter, C.J. Astron. Astrophys., 84, 237–244, 1980.

    Google Scholar 

  69. Seward, F., Grindlay, J., Seaquist, E. and Gilmore, W. Nature, 287, 806–808, 1980.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Perkins Observatory, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    George W. Collins II & Gerald H. Newsom

  2. Perkins Observatory, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, USA

    George W. Collins II & Gerald H. Newsom

Authors
  1. George W. Collins II
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Gerald H. Newsom
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Center for Theoretical Studies, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA

    Arnold Perlmutter

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 1983 Plenum Press, New York

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Collins, G.W., Newsom, G.H. (1983). Periodic and Secular Changes in SS 433. In: Perlmutter, A. (eds) Field Theory in Elementary Particles. Studies in the Natural Sciences, vol 19. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9343-0_11

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9343-0_11

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA

  • Print ISBN: 978-1-4615-9345-4

  • Online ISBN: 978-1-4615-9343-0

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation