Correlation between fast quasi-periodic oscillations and X-ray spectral shape in atoll sources

被引:39
作者
Kaaret, P
Yu, WF
Ford, EC
Zhang, SN
机构
[1] Columbia Univ, Columbia Astrophys Lab, New York, NY 10027 USA
[2] Inst High Energy Phys, LCRHEA, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
[3] Univ Space Res Assoc, Huntsville, AL 35806 USA
[4] NASA, George C Marshall Space Flight Ctr, Huntsville, AL 35812 USA
关键词
accretion; accretion disks; stars; individual; (4U; 0614+091; 4U; 1608-52); neutron; X-rays;
D O I
10.1086/311279
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present correlations between the frequency of the fast quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) and the shape of the X-ray spectrum in the atoll sources 4U 1608-52 and 4U 0614+091. We find that the photon index of a power-law component of the energy spectrum is well correlated with the QPO frequency in both sources. The correlation between the photon index and the QPO frequency most likely represents a common dependence on some physical parameter of the system.
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页码:L93 / L96
页数:4
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