X-ray Timing and Spectral Behavior of the Rapid Burster

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1995-10-17

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9510103v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

52 pages, including 20 figures, LaTeX; complete Postscript file available from http://space.mit.edu/home/rutledge/Welcome.html

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We present an X-ray fast-timing and spectral analysis of the type II bursts and the persistent emission (PE) of the Rapid Burster observed with the EXOSAT Medium-Energy Instrument. The Hardness-Intensity and Color-Color Diagrams of the Rapid Burster are somewhat different from those of the majority of other low-mass X-ray binaries, which fall into two distinct groups, ``atoll'' and ``Z'' sources. The strength and frequencies of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPO) in the bursts and the PE, as well as a strong anti-correlation between QPO frequency and burst peak flux, also distinguish the Rapid Burster from atoll and Z sources. The presence, frequency, and strength of QPO in type II bursts are all correlated in some manner to the spectral hardness, as are the strength of QPO and the very low-frequency noise (VLFN) component in the persistent emission.

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