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Following the discovery of a new class of X-ray variability seen in four galaxies, dubbed Quasi-Periodic Eruptions (QPEs), we reconsider the variability seen in the low-mass AGN 2XMM J123103.2+110648 to ascertain whether it should be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-30 Robbie Webbe , A. J. Young

We study systematically the ~0.1-1200 Hz quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) and broad noise components observed in the power spectra of non-pulsing neutron-star and black-hole low-mass X-ray binaries. We show that among these components we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Dimitrios Psaltis , Tomaso Belloni , Michiel van der Klis

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

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

Accreting neutron stars exhibit pulsed X-rays and complex temporal variability across multi-wavelengths and different timescales. This variability could be driven by various physical processes including instability or inhomogeneous motions…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-24 Wen Yang , Wei Wang

In this work, we examine the application of the wavelet transform to the X-ray timing analyses of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and quasi-periodic eruption sources (QPEs). Several scenarios are simulated to test the effectiveness of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-05 Akshay Ghosh , L. C. Gallo , A. G. Gonzalez

We report the detection of a short-lived narrow quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) at ~88 mHz in an Insight-HXMT observation during the soft state of the persistent black hole high mass X-ray binary Cygnus X-1. This QPO is significantly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-29 Zhen Yan , Stefano Rapisarda , Wenfei Yu

We present the results of an extensive timing analysis of the 1999 outburst of the soft X-ray transient and black hole candidate XTE J1859+226 as observed with the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer. Three main different types of low frequency…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Piergiorgio Casella , Tomaso Belloni , Jeroen Homan , Luigi Stella

Galactic nuclei showing recurrent phases of activity and quiescence have recently been discovered, with recurrence times as short as a few hours to a day -- known as quasi-periodic X-ray eruption (QPE) sources -- to as long as hundreds to a…

We report the detection of high frequency variability in the black hole X-ray transient XTE J1650-500. A quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) was found at 250 Hz during a transition from the hard to the soft state. We also detected less…

The detection of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the light curves of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) can provide insights into the physics of the super-massive black-holes (SMBHs) powering these systems and could represent a signature…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-05 Helena X. Ren , Matteo Cerruti , Narek Sahakyan

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

Most of the Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are radio-quiet (RQ) and, differently from radio-loud (RL) AGN, do not show signature of large-scale and powerful jets. The physical origin of their radio emission remains then broadly unclear. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-06 P. O. Petrucci , V. Piétu , E. Behar , M. Clavel , S. Bianchi , G. Henri , S. Barnier , S. Chen , J. Ferreira , J. Malzac , R. Belmont , S. Corbel , M. Coriat

IGR J17091-3624 is a black hole X-ray binary (BHXB), often referred to as the 'twin' of GRS 1915+105 because it is the only other known BHXB that can show exotic 'heartbeat'-like variability that is highly structured and repeated. Here we…

We have investigated the X-ray timing properties of XTE J1550-564 during 60 RXTE PCA observations made between 1998 September 18 and November 28. We detect quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) near 185 Hz during four time intervals. The QPO…

The Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer observed the soft X-Ray transient Aql X-1 during its outburst in February and March 1997. We report the discovery of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in its persistent flux with frequencies in the range of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 W. Zhang , K. Jahoda , R. L. Kelley , T. E. Strohmayer J. H. Swank , S. N. Zhang

Low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) are commonly observed in black hole X-ray binaries, and their frequency has been found to correlate with various spectral properties. In this work, we present a detailed timing analysis of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-12 Sai-En Xu , Bei You , Yi Long , Han He

X-ray quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) are commonly observed in Galactic X-ray binaries (XRBs) and extragalactic ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs). In this study, we perform a phase-resolved analysis of recently discovered X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-08 Qingcang Shui , Shu Zhang , Hua Feng , Yupeng Chen , Shuangnan Zhang , Jingqiang Peng

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

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