Are there three peaks in the power spectra of GX 339-4 and Cyg X-1?

被引:184
作者
Nowak, MA [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Colorado, JILA, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
关键词
accretion; accretion discs; black hole physics; binaries : general; stars : individual : Cyg X-1; stars : individual : CX339-4; X-rays : stars;
D O I
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03668.x
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Among the variability behaviours exhibited by neutron star systems are the so-called 'horizontal branch oscillations' (HBO, with frequencies approximate to 50 Hz), the 'lower-frequency kHz quasi-periodic oscillation' (QPQ) and the 'upper-frequency kHz QPO', with the latter two features being separated in frequency by an amount comparable to, but varying slightly from, the suspected spin-frequency of the neutron star. Recently, Psaltis, Belloni & van der Klis have suggested that there exists a correlation between these three frequencies that, when certain identifications of variability features are made, even encompasses black hole sources. We consider this hypothesis by reanalysing a set of GX 339-4 observations. The power spectral density (PSD) constructed from a composite of seven separate, but very similar, observations shows evidence for three broad peaks in the PSD. If the peak frequencies of these features are identified with QPO, then their frequencies approximately fit the correlations suggested by Psaltis, Belloni, & van der Klis. We also reanalyse a Cyg X-1 observation and show that the suggested QPO correlation may also hold, but that complications arise when the QPOs (which, in reality, are fairly broad features) are considered as a function of energy band. These fits suggest the existence of at least three separate, independent physical processes in the accretion flow, a hypothesis that is also supported by consideration of the Fourier frequency-dependent time lags and coherence function between variability in different energy bands. If these variability features have a common origin in neutron star and black hole systems, then "beat frequency models' of kHz QPO in neutron star systems are called into question.
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