J 2008

On the origin of clustering of frequency ratios in the atoll source 4U~1636-53

ABRAMOWICZ, Marek, Pavel BAKALA, Zdeněk STUCHLÍK and Gabriel TÖRÖK

Basic information

Original name

On the origin of clustering of frequency ratios in the atoll source 4U~1636-53

Edition

Acta Astronomica, PL - Polská republika, 2008, 0001-5237

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10308 Astronomy

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organization unit

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

UT WoS

000258131600004

Keywords in English

X-rays:binaries, neutron stars, Accretion, accretion disks

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

Links

LC06014, research and development project. MSM4781305903, plan (intention).
Změněno: 14/12/2020 10:15, Mgr. Pavlína Jalůvková

Abstract

V originále

A long discussion has been devoted to the issue of clustering of the kHz QPO frequency ratios in the neutron star sources. While the distribution of ratios inferred from an occurrence of a single QPO seems to be consistent with a random walk, the distribution based on simultaneous detections of both peaks indicates a preference of ratios of small integers. Based on the public RXTE data we further investigate this issue for the source 4U1636. Quality factors and rms amplitudes of both the QPOs nearly equal to the points where the frequencies are commensurable, and where the twin QPO detections cluster. We discuss a connection of the clustering with the varying properties of the two QPO modes. We obtain results which are in qualitative agreement with theobserved distributions