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2023
Signal from neutron star obscured by oscillating accretion torus
KLIMOVIČOVÁ, Kateřina, Debora LANČOVÁ and Gabriel TÖRÖK
Basic information
Original name
Signal from neutron star obscured by oscillating accretion torus
Edition
Opava, Proceedings of RAGtime 23-25: Workshops on black holes and neutron stars, p. 55-65, 11 pp. 2023
Publisher
Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Fyzikální ústav v Opavě
Other information
Type of outcome
Stať ve sborníku
Field of Study
10308 Astronomy
Country of publisher
Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Publication form
printed version "print"
RIV identification code
RIV/47813059:19630/23:A0000274
Organization unit
Institute of physics in Opava
Keywords in English
Black hole; neutron star; rapid variability; X–ray binary
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Links
GX21-06825X, research and development project.
V originále
X-ray fluxes of low-mass neutron star binaries reveal rapid, nearly periodic changes corresponding to frequencies in the order of hundreds of hertz. Two closely related peaks often appear in the power spectral density and are designated as twin-peak Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPOs). Some QPO models attribute the observed effects to the torus oscillating in the inner region of the accretion flow. Since the observed variability is very strong, oscillations of a torus can be reflected in the observed light curves either by modulation of an accretion flow and/or by a periodic obscuration of a hot region on the neutron star surface. Applying a self-consistent description of the oscillations and full relativistic ray tracing, we analyse how the obscuration effect can affect the light curve detected by a distant observer. Within the same paradigm, we also investigate a possible product of torus instability and the implied signature of the Keplerian frequency in the light curve.
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