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Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the X-ray lightcurves of accreting neutron star and black hole binaries have been widely interpreted as being due to standing wave modes in accretion disks. These disks are thought to be highly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Phil Arras , Omer Blaes , Neal J. Turner

We present the results of the first study of global oscillations of relativistic stars with both elastic crusts and interpenetrating superfluid components. For simplicity, we focus on the axial quasi-normal modes. Our results demonstrate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-24 Lars Samuelsson , Nils Andersson

We report transient quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) on minute timescales in relativistic, radiative models of the galactic center source Sgr A*. The QPOs result from nonaxisymmetric $m=1$ structure in the accretion flow excited by MHD…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 Joshua C. Dolence , Charles F. Gammie , Hotaka Shiokawa , Scott C. Noble

We compare the theoretical predictions of the transition layer model with some observational features of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in neutron star X-ray binaries. We found that the correlation between horizontal branch oscillation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Xue-Bing Wu

Magneto-elastic oscillations of neutron stars are believed to explain observed quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the decaying tail of the giant flares of highly magnetized neutron stars (magnetars). Strong efforts of the theoretical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-10 Michael Gabler , Pablo Cerdá-Durán , Alexei Mate , Nikolaos Stergioulas , José A. Font , Ewald Müller

The quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) observed in the tails of magnetar giant $\gamma$-ray flares have long been interpreted as normal oscillation modes of these stars. However, most studies modelling QPOs have neglected some key features…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-27 Pantelis Pnigouras , Samuel K. Lander

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

We study torsional Alfv\'en oscillations of magnetars, i.e., neutron stars with a strong magnetic field. We consider the poloidal and toroidal components of the magnetic field and a wide range of equilibrium stellar models. We use a new…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-01-21 A. Colaiuda , H. Beyer , K. D. Kokkotas

Using a large quantity of Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer data presented in the literature I offer a detailed investigation into the accuracy of quasiperiodic oscillations (QPO) frequency determination. The QPO phenomenon seen in X-ray binaries…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Lev Titarchuk

We study the kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations (kHz QPOs) in neutron star low mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) with a new magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) model, in which the compressed magnetosphere is considered. The previous MHD model (Shi \&…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-23 Chang-Sheng Shi , Shuang-Nan Zhang , Xiang-Dong Li

The observational characteristics of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) from accreting neutron stars strongly indicate the oscillatory modes in the innermost regions of accretion disks as a likely source of the QPOs. The inner regions of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Hakan Erkut , Dimitrios Psaltis , M. Ali Alpar

We report the detection of mHz quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in four NuSTAR observations of 4U 1626-67 during its recent spin-down episode. By using a novel method based on the Hilbert-Huang Transform (HHT), we present the first…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-14 Zi-Yi Zhou , Long Ji , Ling-Da Kong , Sergey S. Tsygankov , Qing-Cang Shui , Lian Tao

The low-mass X-ray binary pulsar 4U 1626-67 shows 0.048 Hz quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) and red noise variability as well as coherent pulsations at the 0.130 Hz neutron star spin frequency. Power density spectra of observations made…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 J. M. Kommers , D. Chakrabarty , W. H. G. Lewin

High-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) appear in general-relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations of magnetically choked accretion flows around rapidly rotating black holes (BHs). We perform polarized radiative transfer…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 Roman V. Shcherbakov , Jonathan C. McKinney

We report the discovery of milli-hertz (mHz) quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) and QPO-modulated pulsations during large X-ray flares from the high-mass X-ray binary pulsar LMC X-4 using data from the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE).…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Dae-Sik Moon , Stephen. S. Eikenberry

The detection of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in magnetar giant flares (GFs) has brought a new perspective to study the mechanism of magnetar bursts. Due to the scarcity of GFs, searching QPOs from magnetar short bursts is reasonable.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-19 Run-Chao Chen , Can-Min Deng , Xiang-Gao Wang , Zi-Min Zhou , Xing Yang , Da-Bin Lin , Qi Wang , En-Wei Liang

We report the discovery of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the High Mass X-ray Binary (HMXB) pulsar LMC X-4 in its non-flaring (persistent) state using observations with XMM-Newton. In addition to the 74 mHz coherent pulsations, the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-30 Ketan Rikame , Biswajit Paul , Pragati Pradhan , KT Paul

Kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations or kHz QPOs occur on the orbital timescale of the inner accretion flow and may carry signatures of the physics of strong gravity (c$^{2}$ ~ GM/R) and possibly clues to constraining the neutron star…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-26 Jon Troyer , Edward Cackett , Philippe Peille , Didier Barret

We performed 2D and full 3D magnetohydrodynamic simulations of disk accretion to a rotating star with an aligned or misaligned dipole magnetic field. We investigated the rotational equilibrium state and derived from simulations the ratio…

Kilohertz Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPOs) have been detected in many accreting X-ray binaries. It has been suggested that the highest QPO frequencies observed in the modulation of the X-ray flux reflect a non-linear resonance between two…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Gabriel Torok , Marek A. Abramowicz , Wlodek Kluzniak , Zdenek Stuchlik