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Measurement of the Orbital Period of the X-ray Burster GS 1826-238 Based on Observations of Its Optical Brightness Variations

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dc.contributor.author Meshcheryakov A.
dc.contributor.author Revnivtsev M.
dc.contributor.author Pavlinsky M.
dc.contributor.author Khamitov I.
dc.contributor.author Bikmaev I.
dc.date.accessioned 2018-09-18T20:15:31Z
dc.date.available 2018-09-18T20:15:31Z
dc.date.issued 2010
dc.identifier.issn 1063-7737
dc.identifier.uri https://dspace.kpfu.ru/xmlui/handle/net/138050
dc.description.abstract The variability of the optical and X-ray fluxes from the binary GS 1826-238 is investigated. An epoch-folding analysis of the optical data obtained with the RTT-150 telescope in 2003-2004 has revealed periodic brightness variations in the source with a period Porb = 2.24940 ± 0.00015 h with a high statistical significance. When estimating the detection significance of the periodic signal, we have specially taken into account the presence of a powerful aperiodic component ("red noise") in the source's brightness variability. The source's power density spectra in the frequency range ~10-5-0.01 Hz have been obtained. We have detected a statistically significant break in the power density spectrum of GS 1826-238 at a frequency νbr ≈ (8.48 ± 0.14) × 10-5 Hz in both optical and X-ray energy bands. We have estimated the orbital period of the binary GS 1826-238 using the correlation between the break frequency in the power density spectrum and the orbital period of binaries, Porb ∝ 1/νbr, found by Gilfanov and Arefiev (2005): Porb = 3.7 ± 0.8 h and Porb = 11.3 ± 5.9 h when using Sco X-1 and 1H 16267-273, respectively, as reference sources. It seems to us that the method for estimating the orbital periods of low-mass X-ray binaries using the correlation Porb ∝ 1/νbr may turn out to be very promising, especially for persistent low-luminosity X-ray binaries. © 2010 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
dc.relation.ispartofseries Astronomy Letters
dc.subject GS 1826-238
dc.subject low-mass X-ray binaries
dc.subject optical observations
dc.subject orbital period
dc.subject power density spectrum
dc.title Measurement of the Orbital Period of the X-ray Burster GS 1826-238 Based on Observations of Its Optical Brightness Variations
dc.type Article
dc.relation.ispartofseries-issue 10
dc.relation.ispartofseries-volume 36
dc.collection Публикации сотрудников КФУ
dc.relation.startpage 738
dc.source.id SCOPUS10637737-2010-36-10-SID77957300964


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