Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 2000
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EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE A Festschrift in Honor of R Giacconi . Held October 1997 in Rome, Italy. Edited by H Gursky (Naval Resear
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The relativistic precession model for quasi periodic oscillations, QPOs, in low mass X-ray binaries is reviewed. The behaviour of three simultaneous types of QPOs is well matched in terms of the fundamental frequencies for geodesic motion in the gravitational field of the accreting compact object, for reasonable star masses and spin frequencies. The model ascribes the higher frequency kHz QPOs, the lower frequency kHz QPOs and the horizontal branch oscillations to the Keplerian, periastron precession and nodal precession frequencies of matter inhomogeneities orbiting close to the inner edge of the accretion disk. The remarkable correlation between the centroid frequency of QPOs in both neutron star and black hole candidate low mass X-ray binaries is very well fit by the model. Some testable predictions are described. QPOs from low mass X-ray binaries might provide an unprecedented laboratory to test general relativity in the strong field regime.
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