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低质量X射线双星4U 0614+09的准周期振荡

kHz Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in the low-mass X-ray binary 4U 0614+09

Martin Boutelier, Didier Barret, M. Coleman Miller

摘要:

利用Rossi X射线定时探测器(RXTE)对中子星低质量X射线双星4U 0614 +09进行了千赫兹(300 Hz以上)准周期振荡(kHz QPO)的综合分析。使用比以前分析的数据集(1996年2月至2007年10月的所有存档数据)大得多的数据集,我们首先调查了van Straaten等人(2000)报告的1330 Hz QPO的真实性。该QPO将特别令人感兴趣,因为它具有任何源的最高报告频率。对同一观察结果的彻底分析无法证实这一发现。另一方面,在我们的扩展数据集上,我们测量的上kHz QPO的最高QPO频率约为1224 Hz;该值与在类似系统中观察到的最大值完全一致。其次,我们证明了较低和较高kHz QPO的品质因数和振幅的频率依赖性遵循在类似系统中看到的系统趋势(Barret等人,2006年)。特别地,4U 0614 +09示出了高于700 Hz的较低kHz QPO的品质因数的下降。如果这是由于接近最内侧的稳定圆形轨道,它意味着中子星的质量约为1.9个太阳质量。最后,当分析固定持续时间的数据时,我们发现上QPO的频率分布中存在一个间隙,与其振幅的局部最小值相关。在较低QPO频率的分布中不存在类似的间隙,这表明在仅基于较低QPO的发生来解释频率比分布时需要注意。

英文摘要:

We report on a comprehensive analysis of the kilohertz (above 300 Hz) quasi-periodic oscillations (kHz QPOs) detected from the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary 4U0614+09 with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE). With a much larger data set than previously analyzed (all archival data from February 1996 up to October 2007), we first investigate the reality of the 1330 Hz QPO reported by van Straaten et al. (2000). This QPO would be of particular interest since it has the highest frequency reported for any source. A thorough analysis of the same observation fails to confirm the detection. On the other hand, over our extended data set, the highest QPO frequency we measure for the upper kHz QPO is at about 1224 Hz; a value which is fully consistent with the maximum values observed in similar systems. Second, we demonstrate that the frequency dependence of the quality factor and amplitude of the lower and upper kHz QPOs follow the systematic trends seen in similar systems (Barret et al., 2006). In particular, 4U0614+09 shows a drop of the quality factor of the lower kHz QPO above 700 Hz. If this is due to an approach to the innermost stable circular orbit, it implies a neutron star mass of about 1.9 solar masses. Finally, when analyzing the data over fixed durations, we have found a gap in the frequency distribution of the upper QPO, associated with a local minimum of its amplitude. A similar gap is not present in the distribution of the lower QPO frequencies, suggesting some cautions when interpreting frequency ratio distributions, based on the occurrence of the lower QPO only.

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