Bibcode
Bartlett, Elizabeth; Garcia, M.
Bibliographical reference
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #410.15; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.214
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2009
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Description
We have analyzed the X-ray lightcurve of the star CI Cam, the optical
counterpart of the X-ray transient XTE J0421+56 using data from
XMM-Newton. Our motivation is based on evidence from ground based
optical interferometry from the Keck and IOTA observatories which
suggests that the dust surrounding CI CAM has a taurus morphology rather
than a spherical distribution as previously hypothesized. By using a
technique known as reverberation mapping we have constrained the time
delay between the continuum of CI Cam and the Fe-K fluorescence line,
corresponding to the reflection of the continuum off the dusty taurus.
The time delay yields information on the size of the taurus.