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We propose a model to explain a puzzling 3:2 frequency ratio of high frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (HFQPOs) in black hole (BH) X-ray binaries, GRO J1655-40, GRS 1915+105 and XTE J1550-564. In our model a non-axisymmetric magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Ding-Xiong Wang , Yong-Chun Ye , Guo-Zheng Yao , Ren-Yi Ma

Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) discovered in soft-gamma repeaters (SGRs) are expected to help us to study the properties of matter in neutron stars. In earlier investigations, we identified the QPOs of frequencies below $\sim100$ Hz…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-23 Hajime Sotani , Kei Iida , Kazuhiro Oyamatsu

X-ray radiation from black hole binary (BHB) systems regularly displays quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs). In principle, a number of suggested physical mechanisms can reproduce their power spectral properties, thus more powerful…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Adam Ingram , Michiel van der Klis

In previous papers, we have proposed a model that the high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (HF QPOs) observed in black-hole and neutron-star X-ray binaries are inertial-acoustic oscillations that are resonantly excited on a one-armed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Shoji Kato

The search for periodic signals from blazars has become an actively pursued field of research in recent years. This is because periodic signals bring us information about the processes occurring near the innermost regions of blazars, which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-11 Gopal Bhatta

Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) at frequencies near 1000 Hz were recently discovered in several x-ray binaries containing neutron stars. Two sources show no correlation between QPO frequency and source count rate (Berger et al. 1996,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Philip Kaaret , Eric Ford , Kaiyou Chen

It has recently been suggested that the maximum observed quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) frequencies, $\nu_{max}$, for several low-mass X-ray binaries, particularly 4U 1820-30, correspond to the orbital frequency at the inner-most stable…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dong Lai , Richard Lovelace , Ira Wasserman

Low Frequency Quasi-Periodic Oscillations or LF QPOs are ubiquitous in BH X-ray binaries and provide strong constraints on the accretion-ejection processes. Although several models have been proposed so far, none has been proven to…

We develop a new method to measure neutron star parameters and derive constraints on the equation of state of dense matter by fitting the frequencies of simultaneous Quasi Periodic Oscillation modes observed in the X-ray flux of accreting…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-02 Andrea Maselli , George Pappas , Paolo Pani , Leonardo Gualtieri , Sara Motta , Valeria Ferrari , Luigi Stella

In this paper, we improve the previous work on the MHD Alfven wave oscillation model for the neutron star (NS) kHz quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs), and compare the model with the updated twin kHz QPO data. For the 17 NS X-ray sources…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 C. M. Zhang , H. X. Yin , Y. H. Zhao , H. K. Chang , L. M. Song

Kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations (kHz QPOs) are probably caused by matter in Keplerian orbit at some preferred radius in the accretion disc around a compact star. In a given source, QPO frequencies can drift by a few hundred Hz…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Mariano Mendez

In all the microquasars with two hHz QPOs, the ratio of the frequencies is 3:2, supporting our suggestion that a non-linear resonance between two modes of oscillation in the accretion disk plays a role in exciting the observed modulations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Marek A. Abramowicz , Wlodzimierz Kluzniak

In the last few years, a mysterious new class of astrophysical objects has been uncovered. These are spatially coincident with the nuclei of external galaxies and show X-ray variations that repeat on timescales of minutes to a month. They…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-08 Petra Suková , Francesco Tombesi , Dheeraj R. Pasham , Michal Zajaček , Thomas Wevers , Taeho Ryu , Itai Linial , Alessia Franchini

The observation of a pair of simultaneous twin kHz QPOs in the power density spectrum of a neutron star or a black hole allows its mass-angular-momentum relation to be constrained. Situations in which the observed simultaneous pairs are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-02-19 Ivan Zh. Stefanov

We zoom in on the internal structure of the low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillation (LF QPO) often observed in black hole binary systems to investigate the physical nature of the lack of coherence in this feature. We show the limitations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 Pawel Lachowicz , Chris Done

Twin peak quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) appear in the X-ray power-density spectra of several accreting low-mass neutron star (NS) binaries. Observations of the peculiar Z-source Circinus X-1 display unusually low QPO frequencies. Using…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-08-20 Gabriel Torok , Pavel Bakala , Eva Sramkova , Zdenek Stuchlik , Martin Urbanec , Katerina Goluchova

Using data obtained in 1994 June/July with the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer deep survey photometer and in 2001 January with the Chandra X-ray Observatory Low Energy Transmission Grating Spectrograph, we investigate the extreme-ultraviolet…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Christopher W. Mauche

We explore the influence of non-geodesic pressure forces that are present in an accretion disk on the frequencies of its axisymmetric and non-axisymmetric epicyclic oscillation modes. {We discuss its implications for models of…

Context: The connection between quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) and magnetic fields has been investigated across various celestial bodies. Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) waves have been employed to explain the simultaneous upper and lower…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-11-22 ChangSheng Shi , GuoBao Zhang , ShuangNan Zhang , XiangDong Li

Although quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) have been discovered in different X-ray sources, their origin is still a matter of debate. Analytical studies of hydrodynamic accretion disks have shown three types of trapped global modes with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Chi-kwan Chan