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DOI
Linares, Manuel; van der Klis, Michiel; Altamirano, Diego; Markwardt, Craig B.
Bibliographical reference
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 634, Issue 2, pp. 1250-1260.
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2005
Journal
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73
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54
Description
We report the discovery of twin kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations
(kHz QPOs) in the X-ray flux of XTE J1807-294, the fourth accreting
millisecond pulsar (AMP). This is the second AMP exhibiting twin kHz
QPOs. In contrast to the first case, SAX J1808.4-3658, the frequency
separation Δν between these kHz QPOs is consistent with the
pulse frequency (190.6 Hz), not with half that value, confirming for the
first time from pulsation measurements the inference, based on burst
oscillations, that ``slow rotators'' (spin frequency less than 400 Hz)
have Δν approximately equal to the spin frequency. While the
QPOs move in frequency together over a range of more than 200 Hz,
Δν remains constant with an average value of 205+/-6 Hz.
Variability components were found in the 5-130 Hz range, similar to
those seen in other LMXBs. The correlations between the QPO and noise
frequencies are also similar to those in other sources, but shifted by a
factor of 1.59 in kHz QPO frequencies, similar to the factor of 1.45
shift found for SAX J1808.4-3658. Our results argue in favor of a
spin-related formation mechanism for twin kHz QPOs and against a
spin-related cause of the shift in the frequency correlations.