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六个环礁源中kHz类星体振荡振幅差的恢复

Reversal of the amplitude difference of kHz QPOs in six atoll sources

Gabriel Torok

摘要:

目标:对6个中子星环礁源(4U 1608-52,4U 1636-53,4U 0614+09,4U 1728-34,4U 1820-30和4U 1735-44),我们研究了双KHz类星体观测到的分数均方根振幅之间的关系。我们讨论这是否显示功能,可能有一个物理意义的建议QPO模型。方法:我们考虑了上kHz QPO和下kHz QPO之间均方根幅度的差异,作为频率比R的函数。我们比较了两组数据。集合I是从已发布的数据中提取的集合。第二组具有通过RXTE-PCA观测的连续段的自动拟合获得的均方根振幅值。结果:对于六个源中的每一个,我们发现在R域中存在一个点,在该点周围两个双kHz QPO的幅度是相同的。我们发现这样一个点位于R=1.5 ± 3%的窄区间内。在两个来源的情况下,需要进一步的研究来探索这一发现,因为我们在第二组中没有确定这一点。有证据表明,在四个来源中,有一个类似的点接近R = 1.33或R = 1.25。我们认为,这些点中的一些可能对应于双kHz QPO频率比的记录聚类。结论:对于所研究的源,当振荡的频率通过一定的比率R时,两个kHz峰值的均方根幅度变得相等,该比率R对于每个源大致相同。在QPO轨道模型中,通过对QPO调制的一些假设,这一发现意味着在一个共同的无量纲半径值上存在一个特定的轨道,在这个轨道上对应于两个峰值的振荡达到平衡。在更一般的情况下,振幅差的行为表明,可能存在的能量交换之间的上,下QPO模式。

英文摘要:

AIMS: For six neutron-star atoll sources (4U 1608-52, 4U 1636-53, 4U 0614+09, 4U 1728-34, 4U 1820-30 and 4U 1735-44) we investigate the relationship between the observed fractional rms amplitudes of the twin kHz QPOs. We discuss whether this displays features that could have a physical meaning in terms of the proposed QPO models. METHOD: We consider the difference in rms amplitude between the upper and lower kHz QPOs, as a function of the frequency ratio R. We compare two data sets. Set I is a collection taken from published data. Set II has rms amplitude values obtained by automatic fitting of continuous segments of RXTE-PCA observations. RESULTS: For each of the six sources, we find that there is a point in the R domain around which the amplitudes of the two twin kHz QPOs are the same. We find such a point located inside a narrow interval R=1.5 +-3%. Further investigation is needed in the case of two sources to explore this finding, since we have not determined this point in Set II. There is evidence of a similar point close to R = 1.33 or R = 1.25 in the four sources. We suggest that some of these points may correspond to the documented clustering of the twin kHz QPO frequency ratios. CONCLUSIONS: For the sources studied, the rms amplitudes of the two kHz peaks become equal when the frequencies of the oscillations pass through a certain ratio R, which is roughly the same for each of the sources. In terms of the orbital QPO models, with some assumptions concerning the QPO modulation, this finding implies the existence of a specific orbit at a common value of the dimensionless radius, at which the oscillations corresponding to the two peaks come into balance. In a more general context, the amplitude difference behaviour suggests the possible existence of an energy interchange between the upper and lower QPO modes.

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