Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1998-08-25
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 4 pages plus 1 postscript figure
Scientific paper
10.1086/311650
We have analyzed data obtained during two observations with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer on January 5 and 8, 1997, of the low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) and atoll source 4U 1636-53. We measure the frequency separation of the two simultaneous kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations (kHz QPOs) in this source to be 253.7 +/- 4.7 and 246.4 +/- 5.4 Hz, respectively. These values are inconsistent with being equal to 0.5 times the frequency of the 581-Hz oscillations that have been detected previously in 4U 1636-53 during type I bursts. The weighted average discrepancy is 39.5 +/- 3.5 Hz. This result shows that a simple beat-frequency interpretation of the kHz QPOs, in which the frequency of the oscillations detected during type I bursts equals the separation between the two kHz QPOs (or twice that value), is incorrect.
Méndez Mariano
Paradijs Jan van
van der Klis Michiel
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