Precession of Magnetically Driven Warped Disks and Low‐Frequency Quasi‐periodic Oscillations in Low‐Mass X‐Ray Binaries

2002 ◽  
Vol 564 (1) ◽  
pp. 361-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akiko Shirakawa ◽  
Dong Lai
Keyword(s):  
Low Frequency ◽  
Periodic Oscillations ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
X Ray Binaries

scholarly journals Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in Low-Mass X-ray Binaries

1987 ◽  
Vol 125 ◽  
pp. 321-331
Author(s):  
M. van der Klis
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Frequency Noise ◽  
Low Frequency Noise ◽  
Periodic Oscillations ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
X Ray Binaries

The properties of the rapid, persistent quasi-periodic oscillations (QPO) discovered with EXOSAT in the X-ray flux of at least 7 bright low-mass X-ray binaries are described. Particular attention is given to the various relations observed between QPO frequency and X-ray intensity, the link between QPO and the low-frequency noise in the X-ray intensity and the bimodal properties of in particular Sco X-1, GX 5-1 and Cyg X-2. The merits of the hypothesis that the QPO indicate the presence of a neutron star with a magnetosphere are considered.

scholarly journals On the frequency correlations of low-frequency QPOs with kilohertz QPOs in accreting millisecond X-ray pulsars

2019 ◽  
Vol 490 (4) ◽  
pp. 5270-5284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marieke van Doesburgh ◽  
Michiel van der Klis
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Equations Of State ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Periodic Oscillations ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Frame Dragging ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
X Ray Binaries

ABSTRACT We investigate frequency correlations of low frequency (LF, <80 Hz) and kHz quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) using the complete RXTE data sets on six accreting millisecond X-ray pulsars (AMXPs) and compare them to those of non-pulsating neutron star (NS) low-mass X-ray binaries with known spin. For the AMXPs SAX J1808.4−3658 and XTE J1807−294, we find frequency-correlation power-law indices that, surprisingly, are significantly lower than in the non-pulsars, and consistent with the relativistic precession model (RPM) prediction of 2.0 appropriate to test-particle orbital and Lense–Thirring precession frequencies. As previously reported, power-law normalizations are significantly higher in these AMXPs than in the non-pulsating sources, leading to requirements on the NS specific moment of inertia in this model that cannot be satisfied with realistic equations of state. At least two other AMXPs show frequency correlations inconsistent with those of SAX J1808.4−3658 and XTE J1807−294, and possibly similar to those of the non-pulsating sources; for two AMXPs no conclusions could be drawn. We discuss these results in the context of a model that has had success in black hole (BH) systems involving a torus-like hot inner flow precessing due to (prograde) frame dragging, and a scenario in which additional (retrograde) magnetic and classical precession torques not present in BH systems are also considered. We show that a combination of these interpretations may accommodate our results.

scholarly journals The kHz QPOs of Neutron Stars and Millisecond Pulsars and Implications

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S290) ◽  
pp. 381-385
Author(s):  
Chengmin Zhang ◽  
Dehua Wang
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Compact Objects ◽  
Periodic Oscillations ◽  
Disk Thickness ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
Millisecond Timing ◽  
X Ray Binaries ◽  
Z Sources

AbstractThe kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations (kHz QPOs) have been found in neutron star low mass X-ray binaries (NS-LMXBs), which present the millisecond timing phenomena close to the surface of the compact objects. We briefly summarize the following contents: (1). The correlations and distributions of twin kHz QPOs; (2). The relations of high-low frequency QPOs; (3). The QPO properties of NS Atoll and Z sources; (4). No clear direct correlations between NS spins and QPOs; (5). The mechanisms of kHz QPOs; (6). The implications of kHZ QPOs, e.g., NS mass and radius, disk thickness and magnetic field of Atoll and Z source.

scholarly journals QPOs in compact binaries from small scale eruptions in an inner magnetized disk

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Scepi ◽  
Mitchell C Begelman ◽  
Jason Dexter
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Heating ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Type B ◽  
Periodic Oscillations ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Compact Binaries ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
X Ray Binaries ◽  
Standard Disk

Abstract Dwarf novæ (DNe) and low mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) are compact binaries showing variability on time scales from years to less than seconds. Here, we focus on explaining part of the rapid fluctuations in DNe, following the framework of recent studies on the monthly eruptions of DNe that use a hybrid disk composed of an outer standard disk and an inner magnetized disk. We show that the ionization instability, that is responsible for the monthly eruptions of DNe, is also able to operate in the inner magnetized disk. Given the low density and the fast accretion time scale of the inner magnetized disk, the ionization instability generates small, rapid heating and cooling fronts propagating back and forth in the inner disk. This leads to quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) with a period of the order of 1000 s. A strong prediction of our model is that these QPOs can only develop in quiescence or at the beginning/end of an outburst. We propose that these rapid fluctuations might explain a subclass of already observed QPOs in DNe as well as a, still to observe, subclass of QPOs in LMXBs. We also extrapolate to the possibility that the radiation pressure instability might be related to Type B QPOs in LMXBs.

scholarly journals GRO J1744-28 and the Rapid Burster; Bizarre Objects!

1998 ◽  
Vol 188 ◽  
pp. 111-111
Author(s):  
Walter H.G. Lewin
Keyword(s):  
Type Ii ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Periodic Oscillations ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Magnetic Dipole Field ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
Type Ii Bursts ◽  
The Difference ◽  
X Ray Binaries

The bursts from GRO J1744-28 are due to accretion instabilities as is the case for type II bursts in the Rapid Burster. Both sources are transient Low-Mass X-ray Binaries, and they both exhibit unusual quasi-periodic-oscillations in their persistent X-ray flux following several (not all) of the type II bursts. There are important differences too. GRO J1744-28 is an X-ray pulsar; the Rapid Burster is not. In addition, the pattern of bursts and the burst peak luminosities are very different for the two sources. Time intervals between the rapidly repetitive bursts in the Rapid Burster can be as short as 10 sec, in 1744-28 they are as short as 200 sec. The peak luminosities of the bursts from GRO J1744-28 can exceed the Eddington luminosity (for assumed isotropic emission) by one to two orders of magnitude. The QPO centroid frequencies (see above) differ by an order of magnitude (~0.04 Hz for the Rapid Burster, and 0.3 Hz for GRO J1744-28). The difference in behavior p obably lies in the difference in the magnetic dipole field strength of the accreting neutron stars (for GRO J1744-28 it is almost certainly much higher than for the Rapid Burster). It remains puzzling, why GRO J1744-28 and the Rapid Burster are the only known sources which exhibit rapidly repetitive type II bursts.

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