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The Transient X-Ray Burster Gro J1744-28: An Unstable Accretion System?
- Publication Year :
- 1996
- Publisher :
- United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1996.
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Abstract
- The newly discovered burst/pulsar source GRO J1744-28 may be considered as a quasi-periodic oscillator (QPO) with a frequency in the 1-10 milli-Hz range, plus an X-ray pulsar with a period of .47 sec (IAU Circulars 6272, 6275, 6276, 6284, 6285, 6286). Since some of the observed properties of this system do not fit with the relaxation oscillators used to interpret rapid bursters, we are investigating the applicability of models that have been used for QPO in X-ray binary systems. Noting that some features of the nonlinear dynamical model called the dripping handrail are seen in the reported observations, we compare this model with the beat-frequency modulation picture of QPO.
- Subjects :
- Space Radiation
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Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- NASA Technical Reports
- Notes :
- RTOP 399-50-90-01
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsnas.20020038590
- Document Type :
- Report