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4U 1636- 53环礁源状态间的X射线时间变化

X-ray time variability across the atoll source states of 4U 1636--53

D. Altamirano, M. van der Klis, M. Méndez, P. G. Jonker, M. Klein-Wolt, W. H. G. Lewin

摘要:

本文用\textit{Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer}(RXTE)的正比计数器阵研究了4U~(1636- 53)在香蕉状态下的149个点观测的快速X射线时间变化,并首次用RXTE研究了在岛屿状态下的快速X射线时间变化。我们比较了4U~(1636- 53)与其它环礁源和Z源的变率分量的频率,发现4U~(1636- 53)在较低的光度下,遵循了其它环礁源的普遍相关模式。我们的研究结果表明,百赫兹QPO的机制,设置其频率不同于其他组件,而振幅设置机制是共同的。先前提出的解释窄低频QPO频率在不同的来源在谐波模式切换不支持我们的数据,也不支持一些以前的数据对其他来源和频率范围,这个QPO覆盖被发现是不相关的自旋,角动量或光度。

英文摘要:

We have studied the rapid X-ray time variability in 149 pointed observations with the \textit{Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer} (RXTE)'s Proportional Counter Array of the atoll source 4U~1636--53 in the banana state and, for the first time with RXTE, in the island state. We compare the frequencies of the variability components of 4U~1636--53 with those in other atoll and Z-sources and find that 4U~1636--53 follows the universal scheme of correlations previously found for other atoll sources at (sometimes much) lower luminosities. Our results on the hectohertz QPO suggest that the mechanism that sets its frequency differs from that for the other components, while the amplitude setting mechanism is common. A previously proposed interpretation of the narrow low-frequency QPO frequencies in different sources in terms of harmonic mode switching is not supported by our data, nor by some previous data on other sources and the frequency range that this QPO covers is found not to be related to spin, angular momentum or luminosity.

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