Correlations between X-ray Spectral Characteristics and Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in Sco X-1

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2007-03-16

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0703431v1

AIP Conf.Proc.1010:180-182,2008

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

7 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ (July 1, 2007, v663n1 issue)

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.2945033

Correlations between 1-10 Hz quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) and spectral power law index have been reported for black hole (BH) candidate sources and one neutron star source, 4U 1728-34. An examination of QPO frequency and index relationships in Sco X-1 is reported herein. We discovered that Sco X-1, representing Z-source groups, can be adequately modeled by a simple two-component model of Compton up-scattering with a soft photon electron temperature of about 0.4 keV, plus an Iron K-line. The results show a strong correlation between spectral power law index and kHz QPOs. Because Sco X-1 radiates near the Eddington limit, one can infer that the geometrical configuration of the Compton cloud (CC) is quasi-spherical because of high radiation pressure in the CC. Thus, we conclude that the high Thomson optical depth of the Compton cloud, in the range of ~5-6 from the best-fit model parameters, is consistent with the neutron star's surface being obscured by material. Moreover, a spin frequency of Sco X-1 is likely suppressed due to photon scattering off CC electrons. Additionally, we demonstrate how the power spectrum evolves when Sco X-1 transitions from the horizontal branch to the normal branch.

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