Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-106). / In this work, we present the results of a general search for periodicities and for time-variable modulation strength in X-ray sources using data from the All-Sky Monitor onboard the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. New findings, including a sharp increase in the modulation of the X-ray flux from the Galactic bulge low-mass X-ray binary GX 9+9 and the recent spin-down event of the pulsar in the high-mass X-ray binary X0114+650, are reported. These searches employed new methods of periodicity detection that employed an algorithm to reduce the effects of low frequency noise from X-ray sources. We discuss these methods and show how they can be used to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio in the Fourier domain for many sources. / by Robert J. Harris. / S.B.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MIT/oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/40898 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Harris, Robert J., S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Contributors | Alan M. Levine., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics., Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics. |
| Publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Source Sets | M.I.T. Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 106 p., application/pdf |
| Rights | M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission., http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 |
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