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Evidence for a 2:3 resonance in Sco X-1 kHz QPOs

Astrophysics 2009-11-07 v2

Abstract

We find evidence that the two high frequency QPOs in Sco X-1 are, more often than not, approximately in the 2:3 frequency ratio familiar from studies of black hole candidates (e.g., XTE J1550-564, Remillard et al. 2002). This implies that the double kHz QPO phenomenon in neutron stars has its origin in properties of strong-field gravity and has little to do with the rotation of a stellar surface or any magnetic field structure anchored in the star.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0206490,
  title  = {Evidence for a 2:3 resonance in Sco X-1 kHz QPOs},
  author = {M. A. Abramowicz and T. Bulik and M. Bursa and W. Kluzniak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0206490},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures