Skip to main content
We gratefully acknowledge support from the Simons Foundation, member institutions, and all contributors. Donate
arXiv logo
Cornell University Logo

Astrophysics

arXiv:astro-ph/0011395 (astro-ph)
[Submitted on 21 Nov 2000]

Title:The Relativistic Precession Model for QPOs in Low Mass X-ray Binaries

Authors:L. Stella
View PDF
Abstract: 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 strong 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. QPOs from low mass X-ray binaries might provide an unprecedented laboratory to test general relativity in the strong field regime.
Comments: 12 pages, 2 embedded figures, Proceedings of X-ray Astronomy '999 - Stellar Endpoints, AGN and the Diffuse Background, 2000. G. Malaguti, G. Palumbo & N. White (eds), Gordon & Breach (Singapore)
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
Cite as: arXiv:astro-ph/0011395
  (or arXiv:astro-ph/0011395v1 for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0011395
Related DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1434649

Submission history

From: Luigi Stella [view email]
[v1] Tue, 21 Nov 2000 18:45:16 UTC (56 KB)
Full-text links:

Access Paper:

view license
Current browse context:
astro-ph
< prev   |   next >
new | recent | 2000-11

References & Citations

export BibTeX citation

Bookmark

BibSonomy logo Reddit logo

Bibliographic and Citation Tools

Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?)
Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?)
Litmaps (What is Litmaps?)
scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?)

Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article

alphaXiv (What is alphaXiv?)
CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers (What is CatalyzeX?)
DagsHub (What is DagsHub?)
Gotit.pub (What is GotitPub?)
Hugging Face (What is Huggingface?)
Papers with Code (What is Papers with Code?)
ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?)

Demos

Replicate (What is Replicate?)
Hugging Face Spaces (What is Spaces?)
TXYZ.AI (What is TXYZ.AI?)

Recommenders and Search Tools

Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?)
CORE Recommender (What is CORE?)
IArxiv Recommender (What is IArxiv?)

arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators

arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website.

Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them.

Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs.

Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)