Quasi-Periodic Oscillations Resonantly Induced on Spin-Induced Deformed-Disks of Neutron Stars
Abstract
We consider the situation where a spin-induced wavy perturbation is present on disks of neutron-star low-mass X-ray binaries. By non-linearly coupling with the perturbation, some modes of disk oscillations resonantly interact with the disks. We examine the resonant conditions under the assumption that the disks are vertically isothermal. The results show that when the spin frequency has some particular values, resonant coupling occurs at some radii. The modes and frequencies of these resonant oscillations are summarized. Some of these resonant oscillations seem to explain the frequencies of the observed kHz QPOs in objects of which the spin frequency is known.
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
- Pub Date:
- August 2005
- DOI:
- 10.1093/pasj/57.4.679
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0506595
- Bibcode:
- 2005PASJ...57..679K
- Keywords:
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- accretion;
- accretion disks;
- kHz quasi-periodic oscillations;
- relativity;
- resonances;
- stars: neutron;
- X-ray binaries;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 21 pages, 1 figure, 13 tables. To be published in PASJ 57, No. 4 (2005)