Kilohertz Quasi-periodic Oscillation and Atoll Source States in 4U 0614+09

We report three <i>RXTE</i>/PCA observations of the low-mass X-ray binary 4U 0614+09. They show strong (~30% rms) band-limited noise with a cutoff frequency varying between 0.7 and 15 Hz in correlation with the X-ray flux, fₓ. We observe two nonsimultaneous 11%-15% (rms) kHz peaks near 7...

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Autores principales: Méndez, Mariano R., Klis, M. van der, Paradijs, J. van, Lewin, Walter H. G., Lamb, Frederick K., Vaughan, Brian A., Kuulkers, Erik, Psaltis, Dimitrios
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1997
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/123162
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language Inglés
topic Astronomía
accretion, accretion disks
stars: individual (4U 06141091)
stars: neutron
X-rays: stars
spellingShingle Astronomía
accretion, accretion disks
stars: individual (4U 06141091)
stars: neutron
X-rays: stars
Méndez, Mariano R.
Klis, M. van der
Paradijs, J. van
Lewin, Walter H. G.
Lamb, Frederick K.
Vaughan, Brian A.
Kuulkers, Erik
Psaltis, Dimitrios
Kilohertz Quasi-periodic Oscillation and Atoll Source States in 4U 0614+09
topic_facet Astronomía
accretion, accretion disks
stars: individual (4U 06141091)
stars: neutron
X-rays: stars
description We report three <i>RXTE</i>/PCA observations of the low-mass X-ray binary 4U 0614+09. They show strong (~30% rms) band-limited noise with a cutoff frequency varying between 0.7 and 15 Hz in correlation with the X-ray flux, fₓ. We observe two nonsimultaneous 11%-15% (rms) kHz peaks near 728 and 629 Hz in the power spectra of two of our observations when fₓ ~ 10<sup>-9</sup> ergs cm⁻² s⁻¹ (2-10 keV) but find no quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs; <6% rms) when fₓ is half that. We suggest that count rate may not be a good measure for dot Ṁ even in sources as intrinsically weak as 4U 0614+09 and that QPO frequency and noise cutoff frequency track dot Ṁ more closely than count rate. The QPO increases in rms amplitude from 11% ± 1.3% at 3 keV to 37% ± 12% at 23 keV; the fractional amplitude of the band-limited noise is energy independent. This suggests different sites of origin for these two phenomena. The spectrum of the oscillating flux roughly corresponds to a black body with temperature 1.56 ± 0.2 keV and radius 500 ± 200 m (other models fit as well), which might indicate that the oscillations originate at a small region on the neutron star surface.
format Articulo
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author Méndez, Mariano R.
Klis, M. van der
Paradijs, J. van
Lewin, Walter H. G.
Lamb, Frederick K.
Vaughan, Brian A.
Kuulkers, Erik
Psaltis, Dimitrios
author_facet Méndez, Mariano R.
Klis, M. van der
Paradijs, J. van
Lewin, Walter H. G.
Lamb, Frederick K.
Vaughan, Brian A.
Kuulkers, Erik
Psaltis, Dimitrios
author_sort Méndez, Mariano R.
title Kilohertz Quasi-periodic Oscillation and Atoll Source States in 4U 0614+09
title_short Kilohertz Quasi-periodic Oscillation and Atoll Source States in 4U 0614+09
title_full Kilohertz Quasi-periodic Oscillation and Atoll Source States in 4U 0614+09
title_fullStr Kilohertz Quasi-periodic Oscillation and Atoll Source States in 4U 0614+09
title_full_unstemmed Kilohertz Quasi-periodic Oscillation and Atoll Source States in 4U 0614+09
title_sort kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillation and atoll source states in 4u 0614+09
publishDate 1997
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/123162
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