2010ApJ...708..862K -
Astrophys. J., 708, 862-867 (2010/January-1)
Search for chaos in neutron star systems: is Cyg X-3 a black hole?
KARAK B.B., DUTTA J. and MUKHOPADHYAY B.
Abstract (from CDS):
The accretion disk around a compact object is a nonlinear general relativistic system involving magnetohydrodynamics. Naturally, the question arises whether such a system is chaotic (deterministic) or stochastic (random) which might be related to the associated transport properties whose origin is still not confirmed. Earlier, the black hole system GRS 1915+105 was shown to be low-dimensional chaos in certain temporal classes. However, so far such nonlinear phenomena have not been studied fairly well for neutron stars which are unique for their magnetosphere and kHz quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO). On the other hand, it was argued that the QPO is a result of nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic effects in accretion disks. If a neutron star exhibits chaotic signature, then what is the chaotic/correlation dimension? We analyze RXTE/PCA data of neutron stars Sco X-1 and Cyg X-2, along with the black hole Cyg X-1 and the unknown source Cyg X-3, and show that while Sco X-1 and Cyg X-2 are low dimensional chaotic systems, Cyg X-1 and Cyg X-3 are stochastic sources. Based on our analysis, we argue that Cyg X-3 may be a black hole.
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Journal keyword(s):
accretion, accretion disks - stars: neutron - X-rays: binaries - X-rays: individual (Sco X-1, Cyg X-1, Cyg X-2, Cyg X-3)
Errata:
erratum vol.715, p. 697 (2010)
Simbad objects:
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