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The numerical investigation of Bondi-Hoyle accretion onto a moving black hole has a long history, both in Newtonian and in general-relativistic physics. By performing new two-dimensional and general-relativistic simulations onto a rotating…

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A comprehensive analysis of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the gamma-ray emissions of blazars. Utilizing 15 years of Fermi-LAT observations of seven blazars in our sample, we identify both long-term and transient quasi-periodic…

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We present measurements of the periods of Dwarf Nova Oscillations (DNOs) and Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPOs) in Cataclysmic Variable stars (CVs), many culled from published literature, but also others newly observed (in VZ Pyx, CR Boo,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Brian Warner , Patrick A. Woudt , Magaretha L. Pretorius

Optical quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) are the most preferred signs of sub-pc binary black hole (BBH) systems in AGN. In this manuscript, robust optical QPOs are reported in quasar SDSS J1609+1756 at $z=0.347$. In order to detect…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-09-18 XueGuang Zhang

{This study explores the motion of massive test particles and associated quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) around an accelerating black hole. The acceleration factor $A$ suppresses the radial effective potential $V_{\text{eff}}$, thereby…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-30 Tao-Tao Sui , Xin-Yang Wang

We investigate the dynamics of massive test particles around a static black hole in nonlocal gravity and examine the corresponding properties of HF QPOs, constraining the nonlocal parameter to $\alpha/M \leq 0.452$. The nonlocal parameter…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-29 Tao-Tao Sui , Chen Long , Ye zhang

Analyses of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) are important to understanding the dynamic behaviour in many astrophysical objects during transient events like gamma-ray bursts, solar flares, magnetar flares and fast radio bursts.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-31 M. Hübner , D. Huppenkothen , P. D. Lasky , A. R. Inglis , C. Ick , D. W. Hogg

We present an analysis of highly magnetized neutron stars "magnetars", in search for high frequency oscillations in the recurrent emission from the soft gamma repeater SGR 1806-20, and we discuss the physical interpretation of these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-08-25 Ahmed M. El-Mezeini

Observations of X-ray emissions from binary systems have always been considered important tools to test the validity of General Relativity in strong-field regimes. The pairs and triplets of high frequency quasi-periodic oscillations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. Rezzolla

We present the results of bicoherence analysis on observations of GRS 1915+105 that exhibit quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs). The bicoherence is a higher order statistic that can be used to probe the relation between the phases of a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-08 K. Arur , T. J. Maccarone

We report the discovery of strong aperiodic X-ray variability and quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) in the X-ray light curves of a new X-ray Nova, XTE J1550-564, and the evolution of the observed temporal properties during the rise of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Wei Cui , S. N. Zhang , Wan Chen , E. H. Morgan

Very low frequency ({\nu} ~ 1.9 mHz) quasi-periodic oscillations (QPO) have been detected in 2 - 60 keV X-rays from 4U1700-37 using auto-correlation function analysis of RXTE archival data. No pulsar signal was detected in the data. Less…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-07-11 J. F. Dolan

The relativistic precession model for quasi periodic oscillations, QPOs, in low mass X-ray binaries is reviewed. The behaviour of three simultaneous types of QPOs is well matched in terms of the fundamental frequencies for geodesic motion…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 L. Stella

We present a detailed study of the 5 Hz quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) recently discovered in the bright X-ray transient and black-hole candidate GRS 1739-278 (Borozdin & Trudolyubov 2000) during a Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer observation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Rudy Wijnands , Mariano Mendez , Jon M. Miller , Jeroen Homan

We examine the properties of the viscous dissipative accretion flow around rotating black holes in presence of mass loss. Considering thin disc approximation, we self-consistently calculate the inflow-outflow solutions and observe that the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-14 Ramiz Aktar , Santabrata Das , Anuj Nandi , H. Sreehari

The quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in black hole (BH) systems of different scales are interpreted based on the magnetic reconnection of the large-scale magnetic fields generated by the toroidal electric currents flowing in the inner…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Chang-Yin Huang , Ding-Xiong Wang , Jiu-Zhou Wang , Zhi-Yun Wang

Estimations of black hole spin in the three Galactic microquasars GRS 1915+105, GRO J1655-40, and XTE J1550-564 have been carried out based on spectral and timing X-ray measurements and various theoretical concepts. Among others, a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 E. Sramkova , G. Torok , A. Kotrlova , P. Bakala , M. Abramowicz , Z. Stuchlik , K. Goluchova , W. Kluzniak

We analyze a set of three RXTE Target of Opportunity observations of the Galactic microquasar GRS 1915+105, observed on April 2000, during a multi-wavelength campaign. During the three observations, a strong, variable low frequency (2-9 Hz)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. Rodriguez , Ph. Durouchoux , I. F. Mirabel , Y. Ueda , M. Tagger , K. Yamaoka

The high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (HF QPOs) that appear in the X-ray fluxes of low-mass X-ray binaries remain an unexplained phenomenon. Among other ideas, it has been suggested that a non-linear resonance between two…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 Martin Urbanec , Gabriel Torok , Eva Sramkova , Petr Cech , Zdenek Stuchlik , Pavel Bakala

This study presents the detection of a high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) in the Seyfert galaxy NGC 1365 based on observational data obtained by \emph{XMM-Newton} in January 2004. Utilizing the weighted wavelet Z-transform…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-12-25 Yongkang Yan , Peng Zhang , Qingzhong Liu , Zhi Chang , Gaochao Liu , Jingzhi Yan , Xiangyun Zeng