2006MNRAS.371.1925M -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 371, 1925-1938 (2006/October-1)
On the maximum amplitude and coherence of the kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations in low-mass X-ray binaries.
MENDEZ M.
Abstract (from CDS):
I study the behaviour of the maximum rms fractional amplitude, rmax, and the maximum coherence, Qmax, of the kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations (kHz QPOs) in a dozen low-mass X-ray binaries. I find that (i) the maximum rms amplitudes of the lower- and upper-kHz QPOs, rℓmax and rumax, respectively, decrease more or less exponentially with increasing luminosity of the source; (ii) the maximum coherence of the lower-kHz QPO, Qℓmax, first increases and then decreases exponentially with luminosity, at a faster rate than both rℓmaxand rumax; (iii) the maximum coherence of the upper-kHz QPO, Qumax, is more or less independent of luminosity; and (iv) rmaxand Qmaxshow the opposite behaviour with hardness of the source, consistent with the fact that there is a general anticorrelation between luminosity and spectral hardness in these sources. Both rmaxand Qmax in the sample of sources, and the rms amplitude and coherence of the kHz QPOs in individual sources show a similar behaviour with hardness. This similarity argues against the interpretation that the drop of coherence and rms amplitude of the lower-kHz QPO at high QPO frequencies in individual sources is a signature of the innermost stable circular orbit around a neutron star. I discuss possible interpretations of these results in terms of the modulation mechanisms that may be responsible for the observed variability.
Abstract Copyright:
2006 The Author. Journal compilation © 2006 RAS
Journal keyword(s):
stars: neutron - X-rays: binaries - X-rays: individual: 4U 0614+09 - X-rays: individual: 4U 1608-52 - X-rays: individual: 4U 1636-53 - X-rays: individual: 4U 1728-34
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