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{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

The global nonlinear time dependent evolution of accretion disk-corona systems in X-ray binary sources has been investigated to provide an understanding of the low frequency ($\sim 0.04$~Hz) quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) observed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Marek A. Abramowicz , Xingming Chen , Ronald E. Taam

We explain the peak spacing in the power spectra of millisecond variability detected by the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) in the X-ray emission from the LMXBs (Sco X-1, 4U1728-34, 4U1608-522, 4U1636-536, etc) in terms of the rotational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Lev Titarchuk , Alex Muslimov

Using two-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations, we investigate the stability of shocked accretion flows around black holes under non-axisymmetric perturbations. By systematically exploring the parameter space of specific energy and angular…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-07 Junxing Zhou , Junxiang Huang , Xin Chang , Toru Okuda , Chandra B. Singh

BeppoSAX observed GRS 1915+105 on October 2000 with a long pointing lasting about ten days. During this observation, the source was mainly in the rho class characterized by bursts with a recurrence time of between 40 and 100 s. We identify…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 T. Mineo , E. Massaro , A. D'Ai , F. Massa , M. Feroci , G. Ventura , P. Casella , C. Ferrigno , T. Belloni

We have investigated the Quasi Periodic Oscillation (QPO) properties of the transient accreting X-ray pulsar XTE J1858+034 during the second outburst of this source in April-May 2004. We have used observations made with the Proportional…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 U. Mukherjee , S. Bapna , H. Raichur , B. Paul , S. N. A. Jaaffrey

Quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) has been detected in several accreting supermassive black hole (SMBH) systems, including active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and tidal disruption events (TDEs). However, despite that several models have been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-16 Yiyang Lin , Erlin Qiao , Jifeng Liu , Meng Guo , Zikun Lin

We have carried out a systematic study of the properties of the kilo-Hertz quasi-periodic oscillations (QPO) observed in the X-ray emission of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary 4U1608-52, using archival data obtained with the Rossi…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. Barret , W. Kluzniak , J. F. Olive , S. Paltani , G. K. Skinner

We analysed RXTE data of Sco X-1 which show kHz quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) and the $\sim$6--8 Hz normal-branch oscillation (NBO) simultaneously. Using power spectra of 0.03--0.5 s data segments, we find that both the upper kHz QPO…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Wenfei Yu , Michiel van der Klis , Peter Jonker

Characterising the fast variability in black-hole low-mass X-ray binaries (BHXBs) can help us understand the geometrical and physical nature of the innermost regions of these sources. Particularly, type-B quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs),…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-14 Valentina Peirano , Mariano Méndez , Federico García , Tomaso Belloni

We consider the interpretation of a pair of kHz Quasi Periodic Oscillations (QPOs) in the Fourier spectra of two Low Mass X-Ray Binaries, Sco X-1 and 4U1608-52, hosting an old accreting neutron star. The observed frequency difference of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Luigi Stella , Mario Vietri

In the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 766, a Quasi-Periodic Oscillation (QPO) signal with a period of $\sim6450$ s is detected in the \emph{XMM-Newton} data collected on 2005 May 31. This QPO signal is highly statistical significant at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-01 Peng Zhang , Peng-fei Zhang , Jing-zhi Yan , Yi-zhong Fan , Qing-zhong Liu

We present a comprehensive temporal and spectral analysis of the 'softer' variability classes ($i.e.$, $\theta$, $\beta$, $\delta$, $\rho$, $\kappa$, $\omega$ and $\gamma$) of the source GRS 1915+105 observed by AstroSat during $2016-2021$…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-04-06 Seshadri Majumder , H. Sreehari , Nafisa Aftab , Tilak Katoch , Santabrata Das , Anuj Nandi

This study aims to detect and characterize quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) signals in X-ray observations of NGC 4151. We employed the Weighted Wavelet Z-transform (WWZ) and Lomb-Scargle periodogram (LSP) methods for our analysis. QPO…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-25 Yan Yongkang , Zhang Peng , Lu Zhou , Bao Tong , Liu Dejian , Liu Gaochao , Liu Qingzhong , Yan Jingzhi , Zeng Xiangyun

We present evidence for Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPOs) in the recurrent outburst emission from the soft gamma repeater SGR 1806-20 using NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) observations. By searching a sample of 30 bursts for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-09-13 Ahmed M. El-Mezeini , Alaa I. Ibrahim

We have proposed in previous papers that the high-frequency pair QPOs observed in black-hole binaries with frequency ratio 3:2 are inertial-acoustic oscillations (nearly horizontal oscillations with no node in the vertical direction) or…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Shoji Kato , Jun Fukue

We have used Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer data to measure the lags between soft (2-5 keV) and hard (5-13 keV) photons and to study the aperiodic variability of the superluminal black hole candidate GRS 1915+105 during low-flux states. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-13 P. Reig , T. Belloni , M. van der Klis , M. Mendez , N. Kylafis , E. C. Ford

PG1553+113 has drawn significant attention for its quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) in gamma-ray variability, though the origin of its variability remains uncertain. In this study, we propose a physical mechanism to explain the observed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-28 Haiyun Zhang , Dahai Yan , Li Zhang , Niansheng Tang

We present the results from an investigation of the energy dependence of Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPOs) exhibited by accreting X-ray pulsars using data from archival \textit{XMM-Newton}, \textit{NuSTAR}, \textit{RXTE}, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-01 Hemanth Manikantan , Biswajit Paul , Rahul Sharma , Pragati Pradhan , Vikram Rana

We study the temporal and energy spectral characteristics of the persistent black hole X-ray binary LMC X-1 using two XMM-Newton and a Suzaku observation. We report the discovery of low frequency (~ 26-29 mHz) quasi-periodic oscillations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-26 Md. Shah Alam , G. C. Dewangan , T. Belloni , D. Mukherjee , S. Jhingan