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天鹅座X-1中消失的硬度-通量相关:圆盘移出的迹象

Vanishing hardness-flux correlation in Cygnus X-1: signs of the disc moving out

M. Axelsson, L. Hjalmarsdotter, L. Borgonovo, S. Larsson

摘要:

目标。我们调查的X射线双星天鹅座X-1具有异常高的硬度和低通量的意见。特别是,我们研究的特征频率中看到的PDS和硬度通量的相关性内和这些观测之间。方法.我们分析了Cyg X-1在源达到其最高硬度水平期间的观测结果(对于9-20 keV超过2-4 keV的RXTE/PCA计数比,> 1,对应于Gamma < 1.6)。用相对论性的岁差模型来解释PDS,我们估计的吸积盘的内径值。我们还研究了硬度-磁通的相关性。结果在选定的观测中,功率谱中看到的特征频率被移动到其频率范围的最低端。在一个单一的观察,硬度通量的相关性是非常弱的,相反的负相关性通常观察到的硬状态。我们认为,这可以解释为内盘边界是在大半径(> 50 Rg),从而需要更多的时间来调整到一个不断变化的吸积率比一个单一的RXTE观测所允许的,并比较我们的研究结果的粘性时间尺度的估计负责系统中的小尺度变化。

英文摘要:

Aims. We investigate observations of the X-ray binary Cygnus X-1 with unusually high hardness and low flux. In particular, we study the characteristic frequencies seen in the PDS and the hardness-flux correlation within and between these observations. Methods. We analyse observations of Cyg X-1 during periods when the source reaches its highest hardness levels (> 1 for the 9-20 keV over 2-4 keV RXTE/PCA count ratios, corresponding to Gamma < 1.6). Using the relativistic precession model to interpret the PDS we estimate a value for the inner radius of the accretion disc. We also study the hardness-flux correlation. Results. In the selected observations, the characteristic frequencies seen in the power spectrum are shifted to the lowest end of their frequency range. Within a single observation, the hardness-flux correlation is very weak, contrary to the negative correlation normally observed in the hard state. We suggest that this could be interpreted as the inner disc boundary being at large radii (> 50 Rg), thereby requiring more time to adjust to a changing accretion rate than allowed by a single RXTE observation, and compare our findings to estimates of the viscous time scale responsible for small scale variability in the system.

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