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4U 1636-53中千赫兹准周期振荡的时间导数

The time derivative of the kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations in 4U 1636-53

Andrea Sanna, Mariano Mendez, Tomaso Belloni, Diego Altamirano

摘要:

我们分析了截至2010年5月的中子星低质量X射线双星4U 1636-53的所有档案RXTE观测。在1280次观测中,我们发现了528次千赫兹准周期振荡(kHz QPO),其中约65%的检测对应于所谓的较低kHz QPO。使用这个QPO,我们测量,第一次,QPO频率的变化率作为QPO频率的函数。为此,我们使用QPO频率在10个连续测量组上的扩展,采样时间尺度在320和1600 s之间,以及QPO频率在32到160 s时间尺度上的时间导数。我们发现:(i)随着QPO频率的增加,QPO频率扩展和QPO时间导数都减小约3倍。(ii)QPO时间导数的平均值随着测量导数的时间尺度从小于64 s增加到160 s而减小约2倍。(iii)QPO时间导数的绝对值与QPO频率之间的关系对于正的和负的QPO频率导数都是相同的。我们表明,如果低或高kHz QPO反映了开普勒频率在吸积盘的内边缘,这些结果支持的情况下,吸积盘的内部部分被截断的半径是由粘性和辐射阻力的综合效应。

英文摘要:

We analysed all archival RXTE observations of the neutron-star low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1636-53 up to May 2010. In 528 out of 1280 observations we detected kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations (kHz QPOs), with ~ 65% of these detections corresponding to the so-called lower kHz QPO. Using this QPO we measured, for the first time, the rate at which the QPO frequency changes as a function of QPO frequency. For this we used the spread of the QPO frequency over groups of 10 consecutive measurements, sampling timescales between 320 and 1600 s, and the time derivative of the QPO frequency over timescales of 32 to 160 s. We found that: (i) Both the QPO-frequency spread and the QPO time derivative decrease by a factor ~ 3 as the QPO frequency increases. (ii) The average value of the QPO time derivative decreases by a factor of ~ 2 as the timescale over which the derivative is measured increases from less than 64 s to 160 s. (iii) The relation between the absolute value of the QPO time derivative and the QPO frequency is consistent with being the same both for the positive and negative QPO-frequency derivative. We show that, if either the lower or the upper kHz QPO reflects the Keplerian frequency at the inner edge of the accretion disc, these results support a scenario in which the inner part of the accretion disc is truncated at a radius that is set by the combined effect of viscosity and radiation drag.

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