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Quasi-periodic Oscillations and Noise in Accreting Black Holes and Low-magnetic Field Neutron Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

M. van der Klis*
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute “Anton Pannekoek”, University of Amsterdam, and Center for High-Energy Astrophysics, Kruislaan 403, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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The X-ray spectrum and the rapid X-ray variability of accreting compact objects have a common origin, and their properties can therefore be expected to be coupled. Indeed, it turns out that the X-ray spectrum and the power spectrum show correlated variations, which occur as a function of variations in the mass fluxx .

Stellar mass black holes and neutron stars have similar mass and size, and therefore their accretion phenomena may be expected to show similarities. Indeed, similarities exist that indicate that a unified description may be possible. If a particular phenomenon is seen in both neutron star and black-hole candidate systems this shows immediately that it cannot be due to any property that is unique to either neutron stars or black holes, such as the presence or absence of a surface, or of a strong non-aligned magnetic field. The quest for characteristics that are unique to black holes continues - I shall mention a few candidates below.

Type
High-Energy Transients
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1995

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