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2007MNRAS.374.1108B - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 374, 1108-1114 (2007/January-3)

Timing studies on RXTE observations of SAX J2103.5+4545.

BAYKAL A., INAM S.C., STARK M.J., HEFFNER C.M., ERKOCA A.E. and SWANK J.H.

Abstract (from CDS):

SAX J2103.5+4545 has been continuously monitored for ∼900 d by the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) since its outburst in 2002 July. Using these observations and previous archival RXTE observations of SAX J2103.5+4545, we refined the binary orbital parameters and find the new orbital period as P = (12.66536±0.00088) d and the eccentricity as 0.4055±0.0032. With these new orbital parameters, we constructed the pulse frequency and pulse frequency derivative histories of the pulsar and confirmed the correlation between X-ray flux and pulse frequency derivative presented by Baykal, Stark & Swank. We constructed the power spectra for the fluctuations of pulse frequency derivatives and found that the power-law index of the noise spectra is 2.13±0.6. The power-law index is consistent with random walk in pulse frequency derivative and is the steepest among the HMXRBs. X-ray spectra analysis confirmed the inverse correlation trend between power-law index and X-ray flux found by Baykal et al.

Abstract Copyright: 2006 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2006 RAS

Journal keyword(s): accretion, accretion discs - stars: neutron - pulsars: individual: SAX J2103.5+4545 - X-rays: binaries

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