Viscous timescale in high mass X-ray binaries (Research Note)

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Icdem B., BAYKAL A.

ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, vol.529, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 529
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1051/0004-6361/201015810
  • Journal Name: ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Context. Low mass X-ray binaries are found to have very low frequency breaks in their power density spectra. The power density spectra below these breaks are nearly in white noise structure and at higher frequencies approximately follow the P nu proportional to nu(-1.3) law.