J 2024

Accretion tori around rotating neutron stars: II. Oscillations and precessions

MATUSZKOVÁ, Monika, Gabriel TÖRÖK, Kateřina KLIMOVIČOVÁ, Jiří HORÁK, Odele STRAUB et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Accretion tori around rotating neutron stars: II. Oscillations and precessions

Authors

MATUSZKOVÁ, Monika (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Gabriel TÖRÖK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Kateřina KLIMOVIČOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jiří HORÁK (203 Czech Republic), Odele STRAUB (756 Switzerland), Eva ŠRÁMKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Debora LANČOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Martin URBANEC (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Gabriela URBANCOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Vladimír KARAS (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, LES ULIS CEDEX A, EDP SCIENCES S A, 2024, 0004-6361

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10308 Astronomy

Country of publisher

France

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 6.500 in 2022

Organization unit

Institute of physics in Opava

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202450058

UT WoS

001351092800001

Keywords in English

accretion;accretion disks;stars: neutron

Tags

RIV25, SGS-25-2024, SGS-31-2023

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

Links

GX21-06825X, research and development project. LTC18058, research and development project. LTI17018, research and development project. LTT17003, research and development project.
Změněno: 29/1/2025 14:46, Mgr. Pavlína Jalůvková

Abstract

V originále

The four characteristic oscillation frequencies of accretion flows (in addition to the Keplerian orbital frequency) are often discussed in the context of the time variability of black hole and neutron star (NS) low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs). These four frequencies are the frequencies of the axisymmetric radial and vertical epicyclic oscillations, and the frequencies of non-axisymmetric oscillations corresponding to the periastron (radial) and Lense-Thirring (vertical) precessions. In this context, we investigated the effect of the quadrupole moment of a slowly rotating NS and provide complete formulae for calculating these oscillation and precession frequencies, as well as convenient approximations. Simple formulae corresponding to the geodesic limit of a slender torus (and test-particle motion) and the limit of a marginally overflowing torus (a torus exhibiting a critical cusp) are presented, and more general approximate formulae are included to allow calculations for arbitrarily thick tori. We provide the Wolfram Mathematica code used for our calculations together with the C++ and PYTHON codes for calculating the frequencies. Our formulae can be used for various calculations regarding the astrophysical signatures of the NS super-dense matter equation of state. For instance, we demonstrate that even for a given fixed number of free parameters, a model that accounts for fluid flow precession matches the frequencies of twin-peak quasiperiodic oscillations observed in NS LMXBs better than a model that uses geodesic precession.
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