We report the results of a study of the radio surroundings of the superluminal microquasar GRO J1655-40. We have searched for extended continuum structures that might be indicative of the presence of a supernova remnant (SNR) associated with the formation of the compact object in the binary system. We also carried out HI-line observations of the region looking for a local minimum created by an explosive event. Our results indicate that there is, in fact, a bubble in the large-scale HI distribution around GRO J1655-40. We suggest that this structure might be created by the original supernova explosion occurred a few hundred thousand years ago and whose signatures can be traced by the overabundance of α-elements recently found by Israelian et al. (1999) in the companion star.
Documento: | Artículo |
Título: | The radio surroundings of the microquasar GRO J1655-40 |
Autor: | Combi, J.A.; Romero, G.E.; Benaglia, P.; Mirabel, I.F. |
Filiación: | Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía, C.C.5, 1894 Villa Elisa, Buenos Aires, Argentina CEA/DMS/DAPNIA/Service d'Astrophysique, Centre d'Études de Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (IAFE), C.C. 67, Suc. 28, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Palabras clave: | ISM: bubbles; ISM: supernova remnants; Stars: evolution; X-rays: stars |
Año: | 2001 |
Volumen: | 370 |
Número: | 1 |
Página de inicio: | L5 |
Página de fin: | L8 |
Título revista: | Astronomy and Astrophysics |
Título revista abreviado: | Astron. Astrophys. |
ISSN: | 00046361 |
CODEN: | AAEJA |
Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00046361_v370_n1_pL5_Combi |