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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 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 rather elusive High-Frequency Quasi-Periodic Oscillations(HFQPO) observed in the X-ray lightcurve of black holes have been seen in a wide range of frequencies, even within one source. It is also notable to have been detected in "pairs"…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-29 Peggy Varniere , Fabien Casse , Frederic Vincent

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

In the context of high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillation (HF QPOs) we further explore the appearance of an observable signal generated by hot spots moving along quasi-elliptic trajectories close to the innermost stable circular orbit in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-02-24 V. Karas , P. Bakala , G. Torok , M. Dovciak , M. Wildner , D. Wzientek , E. Sramkova , M. A. Abramowicz , K. Goluchova , G. P. Mazur , F. H. Vincent

With a systematic timing investigation of the persistent X-ray binary pulsar Her X-1 based on a large number of Insight-HXMT observations between 2017 to 2019, we confirm the presence of X-ray millihertz quasi-periodic oscillations (mHz…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-28 Wen Yang , Wei Wang

In the resonance model, high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) are supposed to be a consequence of nonlinear resonance between modes of oscillations occurring within the innermost parts of an accretion disk. Several models with a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. Horak

Presented here is an analysis of over 66,000 magnitude measurements, made by the author, of the cataclysmic variable SS Cygni in two photometric filters (Cousins R and Johnson V). This large number of measurements, along with their cadence,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-26 Ian D Sharp

Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) are observed in the optical flux of some polars with typical periods of 1 to 3 s but none have been observed yet in X-rays where a significant part of the accreting energy is released. QPOs are expected…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-24 J. M. Bonnet-Bidaud , M. Mouchet , C. Busschaert , E. Falize , C. Michaut

In this work, we report, for the first time, a quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) in the $\gamma$-ray band of 4FGL J0309.9-6058, also known as PKS 0308-611. We employed three analytical methods (the Lomb-Scargle periodogram, REDFIT, and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-27 Jingyu Wu , Zhihao Ouyang , Hubing Xiao , Elisa Prandini , Shangchun Xie , Sheng Yang , Jianzhen Chen , Shaohua Zhang , Haoyang Zhang , Junhui Fan

We report the discovery of the correlated optical/X-ray low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in black hole binary SWIFT J1753.5-0127. The phase lag between two light-curves at the QPO frequency is close to zero. This result puts…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-21 Alexandra Veledina , Mikhail G. Revnivtsev , Martin Durant , Poshak Gandhi , Juri Poutanen

Microquasars are the compact objects generally including accreting black holes which produce relativistic jets. The physical mechanisms of jet launching, collimation, and acceleration are poorly understood. Microquasars show strong…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-08 Wei Wang

The X-ray emission from the microquasar GRS 1515+105 shows, together with a very complex variability on different time scales, the presence of low-frequency quasi periodic oscillations (LFQPO) at frequencies lower than 30 Hz. In this paper,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-17 E. Massaro , F. Capitanio , M. Feroci , T. Mineo

Observations from the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer have shown the existence of high frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (HFQPOs) in the X-ray flux from accreting black hole binary systems. In at least two systems, these HFQPOs come in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jeremy D. Schnittman , Edmund Bertschinger

We report the discovery, with NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE), of the first sub-millisecond oscillation found in a celestial X-ray source. The quasi-periodic oscillations (QPO) come from Sco X-1 and have a frequency of…

The dynamics and instability of the magnetized jets connected to jet acceleration are complicated and are not yet well understood. Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) as special timing features in black hole systems can directly probe…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-09 Jiashi Chen , Pengfu Tian , Wei Wang

We conducted a comprehensive variability analysis of the blazar PKS 2255-282 using Fermi-LAT observations spanning over four years, from MJD 57783.5 to 59358.5. Our analysis revealed a transient quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) with a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-26 Ajay Sharma , Anuvab Banerjee , Avik Kumar Das , Avijit Mandal , Debanjan Bose

A kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillation (kHz QPO) is an observationally robust high-frequency timing feature detected from neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs). This feature can be very useful to probe the superdense core matter of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-09-18 Arunava Mukherjee , Sudip Bhattacharyya

We analyze the time variability of the X-ray emission of RE J1034+396 -- an active galactic nucleus with the first firm detection of a quasi-periodic oscillations (QPO). Based on the results of a wavelet analysis, we find a drift in the QPO…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 B. Czerny , P. Lachowicz , M. Dovciak , V. Karas , T. Pechacek , Tapas Kumar Das

We present a timing analysis of the high-cadence optical light curve of the high-redshift flat-spectrum radio quasar PKS\,0805$-$07 obtained during \textit{TESS} Sector~34 (MJD $59230.90$--$59239.90$). We search for short-timescale…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-05 Sikandar Akbar , Zahir Shah , Naseer Iqbal