pith. sign in

arxiv: astro-ph/0409432 · v1 · submitted 2004-09-17 · 🌌 astro-ph

The distribution of kHz QPO frequencies in Sco X-1

classification 🌌 astro-ph
keywords analysisdistributionfrequenciesratioratiosrxteappeararound
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

The frequencies of kHz Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in the bright Low-Mass X-ray Binary Sco X-1 have been reported to appear preferentially in a 3:2 ratio. We show that a proper statistical analysis of those RXTE data upon which the claim is based indicated a 2.4 sigma deviation from a constant distribution in ratios. The analysis of a much larger RXTE/PCA dataset shows that there is no sharp concentration around a 3:2 ratio, but that the ratios are broadly distributed over the range 820-1150 Hz.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.