Precise Measurements of the Kilohertz Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in 4U 1728-34

Abstract

We have analyzed seventeen observations of the low-mass X-ray binary and atoll source 4U 1728-34, carried out by the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer in 1996 and 1997. We obtain precise measurements of the frequencies of the two simultaneous kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations (kHz QPOs) in this source. We show that the frequency separation between the two QPO, $\Delta \nu$, is always significantly smaller than the frequency of the nearly-coherent oscillations seen in this source during X-ray bursts, even at the lowest inferred mass accretion rate, when $\Delta \nu$ seems to reach its maximum value. We also find that $\Delta \nu$ decreases significantly, from $349.3\pm 1.7$ Hz to $278.7\pm 11.6$ Hz, as the frequency of the lower frequency kHz QPO increases from 615 to 895 Hz. This is the first time that variations of the kHz QPO peak separation are measured in a source which shows nearly-coherent oscillations during bursts.

Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Uses AAS LaTex v4.0 (5 pages plus 4 postscript figures)

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