Timing the accretion flow around accreting millisecond pulsars

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Authors
Publication date 2008
Host editors
  • R. Wijnands
  • D. Altamirano
  • P. Soleri
  • N. Degenaar
  • N. Rea
  • P. Casella
  • A. Patruno
  • M. Linares
Book title A Decade of Accreting Millisecond X-ray Pulsars
Book subtitle proceedings of the international workshop, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 14-18 April 2008
ISBN
  • 9780735405998
Series AIP Conference Proceedings
Event A Decade of Accreting Millisecond X-ray Pulsars, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Pages (from-to) 178-181
Publisher Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract
At present, ten years after they were first discovered, ten accreting millisecond pulsars are known. I present a study of the aperiodic X-ray variability in three of these systems, which led to the discovery of simultaneous kHz quasi periodic oscillations in XTE J1807—294 and extremely strong broadband noise at unusually low variability frequencies in IGR J00291+5934. Furthermore, we classified SWIFT J1756.9—2508 as an atoll source and measured in its 2007 outburst spectral and variability properties typical of the extreme island state. I also give detailed estimates of the total fluence during the studied outbursts.
Document type Conference contribution
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3031189
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