Relativistic ocean r-modes during type-I X-ray bursts
| Autor: | F. R. N. Chambers, Anna L. Watts |
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| Přispěvatelé: | High Energy Astrophys. & Astropart. Phys (API, FNWI) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Physics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) Offset (computer science) Thermonuclear fusion Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Frequency drift Mode (statistics) FOS: Physical sciences Astronomy and Astrophysics Frame rate 01 natural sciences 010305 fluids & plasmas Computational physics Neutron star 13. Climate action Space and Planetary Science 0103 physical sciences Relativistic quantum chemistry Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 010303 astronomy & astrophysics Gravitational redshift |
| Zdroj: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 491(4), 6032-6044. Oxford University Press Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| ISSN: | 0035-8711 |
| Popis: | Accreting neutron stars (NS) can exhibit high frequency modulations in their lightcurves during thermonuclear X-ray bursts, known as burst oscillations. These frequencies can be offset from the NS spin frequency by several Hz (where known independently) and can drift by 1–3 Hz. One plausible explanation is that a wave is present in the bursting ocean, the rotating frame frequency of which is the offset. The frequency of the wave should decrease (in the rotating frame) as the burst cools hence explaining the drift. A strong candidate is a buoyant r-mode. To date, models that calculated the frequency of this mode taking into account the radial structure neglected relativistic effects and predicted rotating frame frequencies of ∼4 Hz and frequency drifts of >5 Hz; too large to be consistent with observations. We present a calculation that includes frame-dragging and gravitational redshift that reduces the rotating frame frequency by up to $30 \, {\rm per\, cent}$ and frequency drift by up to $20 \, {\rm per\, cent}$. Updating previous models for the ocean cooling in the aftermath of the burst to a model more representative of detailed calculations of thermonuclear X-ray bursts reduces the frequency of the mode still further. This model, combined with relativistic effects, can reduce the rotating frequency of the mode to ∼2 Hz and frequency drift to ∼2 Hz, which is closer to the observed values. |
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