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2010ApJ...717.1253P - Astrophys. J., 717, 1253-1261 (2010/July-2)

Accretion torques and motion of the hot spot on the accreting millisecond pulsar XTE J1807-294.

PATRUNO A., HARTMAN J.M., WIJNANDS R., CHAKRABARTY D. and VAN DER KLIS M.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present a coherent timing analysis of the 2003 outburst of the accreting millisecond pulsar (AMXP) XTE J1807-294. We find a 95% confidence interval for the pulse frequency derivative of (+0.7, + 4.7)x10–14 Hz/s and (-0.6, + 3.8)x10–14 Hz/s for the fundamental and second harmonics, respectively. The sinusoidal fractional amplitudes of the pulsations are the highest observed among AMXPs and can reach values of up to 27% (2.5-30 keV). The pulse arrival time residuals of the fundamental frequency follow a linear anti-correlation with the fractional amplitudes that suggests hot spot motion both in longitude and latitude over the surface of the neutron star. An anti-correlation between residuals and X-ray flux suggests an influence of the accretion rate on pulse phase and casts doubts on the interpretation of pulse frequency derivatives in terms of changes of spin rates and torques on the neutron star.

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Journal keyword(s): stars: individual: XTE J1807-294 - stars: neutron - X-rays: stars

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