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The data for BL Lac object S5 0716+714 optical B, R and I bands are collected from November 10, 2017 to May 15, 2018. The raw data consists of 21396 quasi-simultaneous multi-band points, with 7132 data points for each band. To search for…

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We report here a study of the long term properties of Quasi Periodic Oscillations (QPO) in an unusual accreting X-ray pulsar, 4U 1626--67. This is a unique accretion powered X-ray pulsar in which we have found the QPOs to be present during…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Ramanpreet Kaur , Biswajit Paul , Brijesh Kumar , Ram Sagar

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

X-ray quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in AGN allow us to probe and understand the nature of accretion in highly curved space-time, yet the most robust form of detection (i.e. repeat detections over multiple observations) has been limited…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-13 D. I. Ashton , M. J. Middleton

The continuous monitoring capability of Fermi-LAT has enabled the exploration of Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPOs) in the $\gamma$-ray light curve of blazar that has given a new perspective to probe these sources over a wide range of time…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-05 Avik Kumar Das , Raj Prince , Alok C. Gupta , Pankaj Kushwaha

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 have investigated properties of the Quasi Periodic Oscillation (QPO) features in the accretion powered X-ray pulsar Cen X-3 over a period of about four years using observations carried out with the Proportional Counter Array (PCA) of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Harsha Raichur , Biswajit Paul

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

We performed variability analysis of the multiwavelength light curves for the flat-spectrum radio quasar PKS 0727-11. Using the generalized Lomb-Scargle periodogram, we identified a possible quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) of $\sim$ 168.6…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-28 Yuncai Shen , Tingfeng Yi , Vinit Dhiman , Lisheng Mao , Liang Dong

We investigate the dynamical properties of low frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) observed from the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1820+070 during the early part of its 2018 outburst, when the system was in a bright hard state. To…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-09-27 P. Zhang , R. Soria , S. Zhang , L. Ji , L. D. Kong , Y. P. Chen , S. N. Zhang , Z. Chang , M. Y. Ge , J. Li , G. C. Liu , Q. Z. Liu , X. Ma , J. Q. Peng , J. L. Qu , Q. C. Shui , L. Tao , H. J. Tian , P. J. Wang , J. Z. Yan , X. Y. Zeng

The search for periodic signals from blazars has become an actively pursued field of research in recent years. This is because periodic signals bring us information about the processes occurring near the innermost regions of blazars, which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-11 Gopal Bhatta

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

We present an analysis of highly magnetized neutron stars "magnetars", in search for high frequency oscillations in the recurrent emission from the soft gamma repeater SGR 1806-20, and we discuss the physical interpretation of these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-08-25 Ahmed M. El-Mezeini

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

Transient quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) are extremely interesting observational phenomena. However, the precise physical mechanisms leading to their generation are still hotly debated. We performed a systematic search for transient QPO…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-01 Junping Chen , Jinjie Yu , Weitian Huang , Nan Ding

In this work, we explore the long-term variability properties of the blazar PKS 0219-164 in the radio and the $\gamma$-ray regime, utilizing the OVRO 15 GHz and the \fermi/LAT observations from the period 2008--2017. We found that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-20 Gopal Bhatta

Many accreting black holes and neutron stars exhibit rapid variability in their X-ray light curves, termed quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs). The most commonly observed type is the low-frequency ($\lesssim 10$ Hz), type-C QPO, while only a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-25 A. Deepika Bollimpalli , P. Chris Fragile , W. Janosz Dewberry , Włodek Kluźniak

We report a possible detection of an ~4.6-hour quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) in the 0.3-10 keV emission of the high-energy peaked blazar PKS 2155-304 from a 64 ks observation by the XMM-Newton EPIC/pn detector. We identify a total…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 P. Lachowicz , A. C. Gupta , H. Gaur , P. J. Wiita

We report the discovery of low frequency quasi-periodic oscillations centered at 0.11 Hz in the newly discovered 221 s X-ray pulsar XTE J1858+034. Among about 30 known transient X-ray pulsars this is the sixth source in which QPOs have been…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 B. Paul , A. R. Rao

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