scholarly journals On obtaining neutron star mass and radius constraints from quiescent low-mass X-ray binaries in the Galactic plane

2018 ◽  
Vol 479 (3) ◽  
pp. 3634-3650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessio Marino ◽  
N Degenaar ◽  
T Di Salvo ◽  
R Wijnands ◽  
L Burderi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Galactic Plane ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Star Mass ◽  
Neutron Star Mass ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
X Ray Binaries

scholarly journals NEUTRON STAR MASS–RADIUS CONSTRAINTS OF THE QUIESCENT LOW-MASS X-RAY BINARIES X7 AND X5 IN THE GLOBULAR CLUSTER 47 TUC

2016 ◽  
Vol 831 (2) ◽  
pp. 184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Slavko Bogdanov ◽  
Craig O. Heinke ◽  
Feryal Özel ◽  
Tolga Güver
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Globular Cluster ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Star Mass ◽  
Neutron Star Mass ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
X Ray Binaries

scholarly journals The effect of accretion on the measurement of neutron star mass and radius in the low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1608−52

2014 ◽  
Vol 442 (4) ◽  
pp. 3777-3790 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juri Poutanen ◽  
Joonas Nättilä ◽  
Jari J. E. Kajava ◽  
Outi-Marja Latvala ◽  
Duncan K. Galloway ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Star Mass ◽  
Neutron Star Mass ◽  
Low Mass

scholarly journals A strange star scenario for the formation of isolated millisecond pulsars

2020 ◽  
Vol 633 ◽  
pp. A45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long Jiang ◽  
Na Wang ◽  
Wen-Cong Chen ◽  
Xiang-Dong Li ◽  
Wei-Min Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Galactic Plane ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Strange Star ◽  
Millisecond Pulsars ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Mass Distributions ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
X Ray Binaries

According to the recycling model, neutron stars in low-mass X-ray binaries were spun up to millisecond pulsars (MSPs), which indicates that all MSPs in the Galactic plane ought to be harbored in binaries. However, about 20% Galactic field MSPs are found to be solitary. To interpret this problem, we assume that the accreting neutron star in binaries may collapse and become a strange star when it reaches some critical mass limit. Mass loss and a weak kick induced by asymmetric collapse during the phase transition (PT) from neutron star to strange star can result in isolated MSPs. In this work, we use a population-synthesis code to examine the PT model. The simulated results show that a kick velocity of ∼60 km s−1 can produce ∼6 × 103 isolated MSPs and birth rate of ∼6.6 × 10−7 yr−1 in the Galaxy, which is approximately in agreement with predictions from observations. For the purpose of comparisons with future observation, we also give the mass distributions of radio and X-ray binary MSPs, along with the delay time distribution.

scholarly journals A Machine Learning Approach For Classifying Low-mass X-ray Binaries Based On Their Compact Object Nature

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Pattnaik ◽  
K Sharma ◽  
K Alabarta ◽  
D Altamirano ◽  
M Chakraborty ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Neutron Star ◽  
Binary Systems ◽  
Compact Object ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Average Accuracy ◽  
Machine Learning Approach ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
X Ray Binaries

Abstract Low Mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) are binary systems where one of the components is either a black hole or a neutron star and the other is a less massive star. It is challenging to unambiguously determine whether a LMXB hosts a black hole or a neutron star. In the last few decades, multiple observational works have tried, with different levels of success, to address this problem. In this paper, we explore the use of machine learning to tackle this observational challenge. We train a random forest classifier to identify the type of compact object using the energy spectrum in the energy range 5-25 keV obtained from the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer archive. We report an average accuracy of 87±13% in classifying the spectra of LMXB sources. We further use the trained model for predicting the classes for LMXB systems with unknown or ambiguous classification. With the ever-increasing volume of astronomical data in the X-ray domain from present and upcoming missions (e.g., SWIFT, XMM-Newton, XARM, ATHENA, NICER), such methods can be extremely useful for faster and robust classification of X-ray sources and can also be deployed as part of the data reduction pipeline.

scholarly journals Hardness Ratio in Evolving Low-Mass X-ray Binary Systems

1987 ◽  
Vol 125 ◽  
pp. 199-199
Author(s):  
J. Shaham ◽  
M. Tavani
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Accretion Disk ◽  
Binary Systems ◽  
Spectral Component ◽  
Soft Component ◽  
Hard Component ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
Additional Support ◽  
X Ray Binaries

Spectral observations of low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) show that the soft component usually dominates over the hard one. These results provide additional support to an interpretation based on models of LMXBs in which the neutron star while, on the average, spinning up, is also experiencing a spinning down torque. Under these conditions, a fraction of the luminosity associated with the gravitational release of energy on the surface of the accreting neutron star may manifest itself as luminosity originating in the inner part of the accretion disk. It is probably possible to separate the two contributions; the stellar luminosity can be associated with the hard component of the spectrum and the disk luminosity, related to the exchange of energy due to the torque between the rapidly spinning neutron star and the accretion disk, can be associated with the soft spectral component.

scholarly journals The Beat-Frequency Interpretation of Kilohertz Quasi-periodic Oscillations in Neutron Star Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries

1998 ◽  
Vol 501 (1) ◽  
pp. L95-L99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Psaltis ◽  
Mariano Méndez ◽  
Rudy Wijnands ◽  
Jeroen Homan ◽  
Peter G. Jonker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Beat Frequency ◽  
Periodic Oscillations ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Frequency Interpretation ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
X Ray Binaries

scholarly journals Neutron star QPOs from oscillating, precessing hot, thick flow

2019 ◽  
Vol 491 (3) ◽  
pp. 3245-3250
Author(s):  
P Chris Fragile
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Outer Radius ◽  
Horizontal Branch ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Best Fitting ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
The Moment ◽  
X Ray Binaries ◽  
Simultaneous Oscillation

ABSTRACT Across black hole (BH) and neutron star (NS) low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs), there appears to be some correlation between certain high- and low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs). In a previous paper, we showed that for BH LMXBs, this could be explained by the simultaneous oscillation and precession of a hot, thick, torus-like corona. In the current work, we extend this idea to NS LMXBs by associating the horizontal branch oscillations (HBOs) with precession and the upper-kiloHertz (ukHz) QPO with vertical epicyclic motion. For the Atoll source 4U 1608-52, the model can match many distinct, simultaneous observations of the HBO and ukHz QPO by varying the inner and outer radius of the torus, while maintaining fixed values for the mass (MNS) and spin (a*) of the NS. The best-fitting values are MNS = 1.38 ± 0.03 M⊙ and a* = 0.325 ± 0.005. By combining these constraints with the measured spin frequency, we are able to obtain an estimate for the moment of inertia of INS = 1.40 ± 0.02 × 1045 g cm2, which places constraints on the equation of state. The model is unable to fit the lower-kHz QPO, but evidence suggests that QPO may be associated with the boundary layer between the accretion flow and the NS surface, which is not treated in this work.

scholarly journals A Bayesian approach to matching thermonuclear X-ray burst observations with models

2019 ◽  
Vol 490 (2) ◽  
pp. 2228-2240 ◽  
Author(s):  
A J Goodwin ◽  
D K Galloway ◽  
A Heger ◽  
A Cumming ◽  
Z Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Rotation Axis ◽  
Line Of Sight ◽  
Type I ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Star Mass ◽  
Disc Model ◽  
Neutron Star Mass ◽  
Hydrogen Mass ◽  
Neutron Star Radius

ABSTRACT We present a new method of matching observations of Type-I (thermonuclear) X-ray bursts with models, comparing the predictions of a semi-analytic ignition model with X-ray observations of the accretion-powered millisecond pulsar SAX J1808.4–3658 in outburst. We used a Bayesian analysis approach to marginalize over the parameters of interest and determine parameters such as fuel composition, distance/anisotropy factors, neutron star mass, and neutron star radius. Our study includes a treatment of the system inclination effects, inferring that the rotation axis of the system is inclined $\left(69^{+4}_{-2}\right)^\circ$ from the observers line of sight, assuming a flat disc model. This method can be applied to any accreting source that exhibits Type-I X-ray bursts. We find a hydrogen mass fraction of $0.57^{+0.13}_{-0.14}$ and CNO metallicity of $0.013^{+0.006}_{-0.004}$ for the accreted fuel is required by the model to match the observed burst energies, for a distance to the source of $3.3^{+0.3}_{-0.2}\, \mathrm{kpc}$. We infer a neutron star mass of $1.5^{+0.6}_{-0.3}\, \mathrm{M}_{\odot }$ and radius of $11.8^{+1.3}_{-0.9}\, \mathrm{km}$ for a surface gravity of $1.9^{+0.7}_{-0.4}\times 10^{14}\, \mathrm{cm}\, \mathrm{s}^{-2}$ for SAX J1808.4–3658.

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