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低质量X射线双星4U 1636-53中mHz准周期振荡频率与中子星温度之间相关性的发现

Discovery of a correlation between the frequency of the mHz quasi-periodic oscillations and the neutron-star temperature in the low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1636-53

Ming Lyu, Mariano Mendez, Diego Altamirano

摘要:

我们在对中子星低质量X射线双星4U 1636-53的XMM-牛顿观测中发现了毫赫兹准周期振荡。这些QPO被解释为中子星表面的边缘稳定燃烧。在观测开始时,QPO约为8 mHz,可能还有二次谐波。观察约12 ks时,发生I型X射线爆发,QPO消失;爆发后约25 ks时QPO再次出现,并一直存在到观察结束。我们将观测分为四个部分,以研究在有和没有mHz QPO的间隔期间源的光谱特性的演变。我们发现,中子星表面的温度从QPO段到非QPO段逐渐升高,反之亦然。我们还发现,在代表中子星表面温度的能谱中,mHz QPO的频率与黑体分量的温度之间存在很强的相关性。我们的结果与以前的结果一致,即mHz QPO的频率依赖于来自中子星地壳的热通量的变化,因此支持的建议,所观察到的QPO频率漂移可能是由更深层的冷却。

英文摘要:

We detected millihertz quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in an XMM-Newton observation of the neutron-star low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1636-53. These QPOs have been interpreted as marginally-stable burning on the neutron-star surface. At the beginning of the observation the QPO was at around 8 mHz, together with a possible second harmonic. About 12 ks into the observation a type I X-ray burst occurred and the QPO disappeared; the QPO reappeared ~25 ks after the burst and it was present until the end of the observation. We divided the observation into four segments to study the evolution of the spectral properties of the source during intervals with and without mHz QPO. We find that the temperature of the neutron-star surface increases from the QPO segment to the non-QPO segment, and vice versa. We also find a strong correlation between the frequency of the mHz QPO and the temperature of a black-body component in the energy spectrum representing the temperature of neutron-star surface. Our results are consistent with previous results that the frequency of the mHz QPO depends on the variation of the heat flux from the neutron star crust, and therefore supports the suggestion that the observed QPO frequency drifts could be caused by the cooling of deeper layers.

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