Bibcode
DOI
Mirabel, I. F.; Bandyopadhyay, R.; Charles, P. A.; Shahbaz, T.; Rodriguez, L. F.
Bibliographical reference
Astrophysical Journal Letters v.477, p.L45
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1997
Citations
45
Refereed citations
33
Description
We obtained K-band (2.0--2.5 mu m) infrared spectra of the visually
obscured superluminal source GRS 1915+105 at three different epochs of
1995, at times when it was detected as a hard X-ray source. The three
spectra exhibit H I Br gamma (2.167 mu m) and He I (2.058 mu m) emission
lines. The spectral morphology, absolute magnitude, and time variability
of the infrared counterpart are consistent with the class of high-mass
X-ray binaries that contain late Oe and early Be stars as mass donors.
In GRS 1915+105 we have not detected the Doppler-shifted emission lines
observed in the classic stellar source of relativistic jets, SS 433. We
discuss why it may be more difficult in GRS 1915+105 than in SS 433 to
detect emission lines from the jets.