Lense‐Thirring Precession and Quasi‐periodic Oscillations in X‐Ray Binaries

1998 ◽  
Vol 507 (1) ◽  
pp. 316-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dragoljub Marković ◽  
Frederick K. Lamb
Keyword(s):  
Periodic Oscillations ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Binaries

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.

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 A review of quasi-periodic oscillations in low-mass X-ray binaries

1988 ◽  
Vol 46 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 273-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter H. G. Lewin ◽  
Jan Van Paradijs ◽  
Michiel Van der Klis
Keyword(s):  
Periodic Oscillations ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
X Ray Binaries

scholarly journals Statistical properties of twin kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations in neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries

2014 ◽  
Vol 335 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. Wang ◽  
L. Chen ◽  
C. M. Zhang ◽  
Y. J. Lei ◽  
J. L. Qu
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Statistical Properties ◽  
Periodic Oscillations ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Low Mass ◽  
X Ray Binaries
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