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超紧凑X射线双星1A 1246-588中1258 Hz高振幅千赫准周期振荡的探测

Detection of a 1258 Hz high-amplitude kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillation in the ultra-compact X-ray binary 1A 1246-588

P. G. Jonker, J. J. M. in 't Zand, M. Mendez, M. van der Klis

摘要:

利用Rossi X射线定时探测器(RXTE)观测了超紧凑低质量X射线双星(LMXB)1A 1246-588。在这份手稿中,我们报告了在1A 1246-588中发现的千赫兹准周期振荡(QPO)。千赫兹QPO只有在源处于软高通量状态时才被检测到,这让人想起环礁源中的较低香蕉枝。在1258 ± 2 Hz的相对高的频率和大于7 sigma的单次试验显著性下,仅检测到一个千赫QPO峰。在4U 0614+09中只发现了两次具有更高频率的KHz QPO。此外,该频率高于在任何源中发现的较低千赫兹QPO的频率,强烈表明QPO是LMXB中经常发现的千赫兹QPO对中的较高频率。半峰全宽为25+-4 Hz,使相干性成为上千赫兹QPO的最高值。从半径膨胀爆发到1A 1246-588的距离估计约为6千秒差距,我们得出1A 1246-588的持续通量约为爱丁顿通量的0.2- 0.3%,因此1A 1246-588是最弱的LMXB之一,其千赫兹QPO已被检测到。在5-60 keV波段的均方根(rms)幅度为27 ± 3%,这是迄今为止任何千赫兹QPO源的最高值,与之前确定的千赫兹QPO峰值的源亮度和均方根幅度之间的一般反相关性一致。利用X射线光谱信息,我们产生了一个颜色-颜色图。该图中的放射源行为为放射源的环礁性质提供了进一步证据。

英文摘要:

We have observed the ultra-compact low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) 1A 1246-588 with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE). In this manuscript we report the discovery of a kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) in 1A 1246-588. The kilohertz QPO was only detected when the source was in a soft high-flux state reminiscent of the lower banana branch in atoll sources. Only one kilohertz QPO peak is detected at a relatively high frequency of 1258+-2 Hz and at a single trial significance of more than 7 sigma. Kilohertz QPOs with a higher frequency have only been found on two occasions in 4U 0614+09. Furthermore, the frequency is higher than that found for the lower kilohertz QPO in any source, strongly suggesting that the QPO is the upper of the kilohertz QPO pair often found in LMXBs. The full-width at half maximum is 25+-4 Hz, making the coherence the highest found for an upper kilohertz QPO. From a distance estimate of ~6 kpc from a radius expansion burst we derive that 1A 1246-588 is at a persistent flux of ~0.2-0.3 per cent of the Eddington flux, hence 1A 1246-588 is one of the weakest LMXBs for which a kilohertz QPO has been detected. The root-mean-square (rms) amplitude in the 5-60 keV band is 27+-3 per cent, this is the highest for any kilohertz QPO source so far, in line with the general anti-correlation between source luminosity and rms amplitude of the kilohertz QPO peak identified before. Using the X-ray spectral information we produce a colour-colour diagram. The source behaviour in this diagram provides further evidence for the atoll nature of the source.

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