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Evidence of Class Transitions in GRS 1915+105 from IXAE Data

Astrophysics 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

GRS 1915+105 shows at least twelve distinct classes of light curves. By analysing the data obtained from Indian X-ray Astronomy Experiment (IXAE) instrument aboard IRS-P3 satellite, we show that in at least two days, transitions between one class to another were observed. In these days the so-called κ\kappa class went to ρ\rho class and χ\chi class went to ρ\rho class. In the frequency-time plane such transitions exhibited change in quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) frequency. We could detect that low-frequency QPOs can occur in anticipation of a class transition several hundred minutes before the actual transition

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0501282,
  title  = {Evidence of Class Transitions in GRS 1915+105 from IXAE Data},
  author = {Sandip K. Chakrabarti and A. Nandi and Asit Choudhury and Utpal Chatterjee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0501282},
  year   = {2009}
}

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14 pages, 3 figures, Astrophysical Journal