A Frequency Glitch in an Accreting Pulsar
arXiv:astro-ph/0401476 · doi:10.1086/423265
Abstract
Frequency glitches have been observed so far only in radio pulsars and anomalous X-ray pulsars. Here we present evidence of a glitch in a neutron star accreting from a Be companion. The transient KS 1947+300 reappeared in 2000 October as a moderately strong X-ray source that exhibited 18.7 s pulsations, leading to an identification with the BATSE source GRO J1948+32, last detected in 1994. We have analyzed Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer observations taken during the 2000-01 outburst, as well as additional observations taken during a smaller outburst in July 2002. Orbital Doppler shifts are apparent in the temporal variation of the pulse frequency. A joint fit of the RXTE data together with BATSE measurements from an outburst in 1994 yields the orbital period P_orb = 40.415+/-0.010 d, the projected orbital radius a_x sin i = 137+/-3 lt-s, and the eccentricity e = 0.033+/-0.013. This degree of eccentricity is unexpectedly low for such a wide orbit. Pulse timing results also show that the intrinsic pulse frequency increased from 53.30 to 53.47 mHz at a rate approximately proportional to the X-ray flux. This is about the degree of spin up expected from the accretion torques that must be present when the X-ray luminosity reaches ~10^38 ergs/s. On one occasion during the 2000-01 outburst, the pulse frequency increased by ~1.8x10^-6 Hz in less than approximately 10 hr over and above the mean trend seen around that time, without any indication of a correspondingly large increase in X-ray flux. The fractional change in frequency of 3.7x10^-5 during this event is significantly larger than the values observed in the glitches in radio pulsars and anomalous X-ray pulsars. We discuss other similarities and differences between these events.
10 pages, 5 figures; expanded spectral section, including a figure with representative spectra, and other minor changes following referee's comments. Accepted by ApJ
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