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RE J1034+396 is one of the most extreme Narrow-line Seyfert 1s detected thus far, showing the only quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) reliably detected in an Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN). Comparison with similar spectral and timing…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Matthew Middleton , Phil Uttley , Chris Done

RE J1034+396 is a narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy (NLS1) in which the first significant X-ray quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) in an active galactic nuclei (AGN) was observed in 2007. We report the detection of this QPO in a recent XMM-Newton…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-17 Chichuan Jin , Chris Done , Martin Ward

Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) have been widely observed in black hole X-ray binaries (BHBs), which often exhibit significant X-ray variations. Extensive research has explored the long-term evolution of the properties of QPOs in BHBs.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-11 Ruisong Xia , Hao Liu , Yongquan Xue

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…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 B. Czerny , P. Lachowicz , M. Dovciak , V. Karas , T. Pechacek , Tapas K. Das

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

The Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxy REJ1034+396 is so far unique amongst AGN in showing a Quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) in its variability power spectrum. There are multiple types of QPO seen in black hole binary (BHB) systems, so we need…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 M. Middleton , C. Done

Quasiperiodic oscillations (QPOs) in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) provide a powerful tool for probing the structure of the innermost accretion flow and corona around supermassive black holes. RE~J1034+396, the most prominent AGN known to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-18 Ruisong Xia , Yongquan Xue , Jialai Wang , Hao Liu

The X-ray quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) is a remarkable form of variability in systems of compact object accretion. RE J1034+396, harboring the most significant X-ray QPO in active galactic nuclei (AGNs), is the most noteworthy source…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-10 Ruisong Xia , Hao Liu , Yongquan Xue

Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) are coherent peaks of variability power observed in the X-ray power spectra (PSDs) of stellar mass X-ray binaries (XRBs). A scale invariance of the accretion process implies they should be present in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-25 William Alston , Andy Fabian , Julija Markeviciute , Michael Parker , Matt Middleton , Erin Kara

Observation of the bright Seyfert 1 galaxy RE J1034+396 is believed to demonstrate a drift of the central period of the Quasi Periodic Oscillation (QPO) linearly correlated with the temporary X-ray luminosity. We show, using a specific…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Tapas Kumar Das , Bozena Czerny

The active galactic nucleus (AGN) RE J1034+396 displays the most significant X-ray Quasi-Periodic Oscillation (QPO) detected so far. We perform a detailed spectral-timing analysis of our recent simultaneous XMM-Newton, NuSTAR and Swift…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-11 Chichuan Jin , Chris Done , Martin Ward

We present phase-resolved spectroscopies based on Hilbert-Huang transform (HHT) for millihertz quasi-periodic oscillations (mHz QPOs) in 4U 1636-536. This ~8 mHz QPO can be detected approximately several thousand seconds before a type-I…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-10 Hung-En Hsieh , Yi Chou

The X-ray quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) at $\sim 2.6 \times 10^{-4}$ Hz in RE J1034+396 has been robustly observed in the 0.2-10 keV band of one $\sim 90$ ks XMM-Newton observation, but was not detected in subsequent observations. Here,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-10 W. N. Alston , J. Markevičiūtė , E. Kara , A. C. Fabian , M. Middleton

A recent observation of the nearby (z=0.042) narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy RE J1034+396 on 2007 May 31 showed strong quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the 0.3-10 keV X-ray flux. We present phase-resolved spectroscopy of this observation,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-17 Dipankar Maitra , Jon Miller

Quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) detected in the X-ray radiation of black hole X-ray binaries (BHXBs) is thought to originate from dynamical processes in the close vicinity of the black holes (BHs), and thus carries important physical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-16 Hai-Wu Pan , Weimin Yuan , Su Yao , Xin-Lin Zhou , Bifang Liu , Hongyan Zhou , Shuang-Nan Zhang

We report evidence for a quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) in the optical light curve of KIC 9650712, a narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy in the original Kepler field. After the development and application of a pipeline for Kepler data specific…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-27 Krista Lynne Smith , Richard F. Mushotzky , Patricia T. Boyd , Robert V. Wagoner

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

Long-term gamma-ray variability of a non-blazar Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) PKS 0521-36 is investigated by using Fermi-LAT pass 8 data covering from 2008 August to 2021 March. The results show that the histogram of the gamma-ray fluxes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-29 Haiyun Zhang , Dahai Yan , Pengfei Zhang , Shenbang Yang , Li Zhang

1ES 1927+654 is an extreme active galactic nucleus (AGN) that has defied our canonical expectations for how AGN appear across the electromagnetic spectrum and how they vary on short timescales. In 2022, this source began showing a X-ray…

We present time-frequency analysis, based on the Hilbert-Huang transform (HHT), of the evolution on the low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (LFQPOs) observed in the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1820+070. Through the empirical mode…

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