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RX J0440.9+4431 is an accreting X-ray pulsar (XRP) that remained relatively unexplored until recently, when major X-ray outburst activity enabled more in-depth studies. Here, we report on the discovery of ${\sim}0.2$ Hz quasi-periodic…

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 this work, we analyzed the long term gamma-ray data by a Fermi Large Area Telescope (Fermi-LAT) of blazar S2 0109+22, ranging from 2008 to 2023. The quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) of blazars aided in investigating the physical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-17 Haoyang Zhang , Fan Wu , Benzhong Dai

In this work, we report for the first time two repeated quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the light curve of the Flat Spectrum Radio Quasar (FSRQ) S5 1044+71. This source was observed by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-23 Jun-Jie Wang , Ting-Feng Yi , Yangwei Zhang , He Lu , Yuncai Shen , Lisheng Mao , Liang Dong

In order to search for the evidence of quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) in blazar, multicolor optical observations of the BL Lacertae object S5 0716+714 were performed from 2005 to 2012. For $I$ band on March 19 2010 with low variability…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-27 Shanwei Hong , Dingrong Xiong , Jinming Bai

We report the discovery of a $\sim 1.5 \times 10^{-4}$ Hz ($\sim 2$ hr) X-ray quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) in the active galaxy MS 2254.9-3712, using a $\sim 70$ ks XMM-Newton observation. The QPO is significantly detected ($\sim 3.3…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 W. N. Alston , M. L. Parker , J. Markeviciute , A. C. Fabian , M. Middleton , A. Lohfink , E. Kara , C. Pinto

In X-ray binaries, the frequencies revealed in X-ray quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) are often interpreted as characteristic frequencies in the inner accretion disk, though the exact oscillation mechanism is unknown at present. Broadened…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. M. Miller , J. Homan

The quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) found in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are a very interesting observational phenomenon implying an unknown physical mechanism around supermassive black holes. Several AGNs have been found to have QPO…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-17 Haoyang Zhang , Shenbang Yang , Benzhong Dai

Since 2016 October, the active galaxy PKS 2247-131 has undergone a gamma-ray outburst, which we studied using data obtained with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The emission arises from a relativistic jet in PKS 2247-131, as an optical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-03 Jianeng Zhou , Zhongxiang Wang , Liang Chen , Paul J. Wiita , Jithesh Vadakkumthani , Nidia Morrell , Pengfei Zhang , Jujia Zhang

We have used archival RXTE PCA data to investigate timing and spectral characteristics of the transient XTE J1817-330. The data pertains to 160 PCA pointed observations made during the outburst period 2006, January 27 to August 2. A…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 Jayashree Roy , P. C. Agrawal , B. Paul , K. Duorah

We report the discovery of a quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) in data obtained with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer of the dipping and eclipsing low-mass X-ray binary EXO 0748-676. The QPO had a frequency between 0.58 and 2.44 Hz changing…

We present a comprehensive timing analysis on the Be/X-ray binary pulsar RX J0440.9+4431 using observations from \textit{NICER} and \textit{Insight}-HXMT during the 2022--2023 outburst. The power density spectrum (PDS) of RX J0440.9+4431…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-23 P. P. Li , L. Tao , R. C. Ma , M. Y. Ge , Q. C. Zhao , S. J. Zhao , L. Zhang , Q. C. Bu , L. D. Kong , Y. L. Tuo , L. Ji , S. Zhang , J. L. Qu , S. N. Zhang , Y. Huang , X. Ma , W. T. Ye , Q. C. Shui

This work presents possible quasi-periodic oscillations in the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite observations of blazars that are in the 157-month hard X-ray survey done by Swift's Burst Alert Telescope. We report observations from four…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-15 Ashutosh Tripathi , Paul J. Wiita , Krista Lynne Smith

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 systematically search for quasiperiodic oscillatory (QPO) signals on the month timescale among the 1525 sources given in the Fermi Large Area Telescope Light Curve Repository. We find a transient QPO of 31.3$\pm$1.8 days in the gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-18 Junping Chen , Tingfeng Yi , Yunlu Gong , Xing Yang , Zhihui Chen , Xin Chang , Lisheng Mao

A number of black hole X-ray transients show quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the optical (ultraviolet) and X-ray bands at the same frequency, which challenge models for production of radiation at these wavelengths. We propose a model…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-18 Alexandra Veledina , Juri Poutanen

We report the discovery of Quasi Periodic Oscillations (QPO) at 0.02 Hz in a transient high mass X-ray binary pulsar KS 1947+300 using {\em RXTE}-PCA. The QPOs were detected during May-June 2001, at the end of a long outburst. This is the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 Marykutty James , Biswajit Paul , Jincy Devasia , Kavila Indulekha

This study explores transient quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the $\gamma$-ray emission of two blazars, PMN J0531$-$4827 and PKS 1502+106, using over a decade of Fermi Large Area Telescope observations. The analysis focuses on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-20 P. Penil , J. Otero-Santos , A. Banerjee , S. Buson , A. Rico , M. Ajello , S. Adhikari

RX J1301.9+2747 is an ultrasoft active galactic nucleus (AGN) with unusual X-ray variability that is characterized by a long quiescent state and a short-lived flare state. The X-ray flares are found to recur quasi-periodically on a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-04 J. R. Song , X. W. Shu , L. M. Sun , Y. Q. Xue , C. Jin , W. J. Zhang , N. Jiang , L. M. Dou , T. G. Wang

Optical quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) with periodicity around hundreds to thousands of days have been accepted as an efficient indicator for sub-pc binary black hole systems (BBHs) in broad line active galactic nuclei (BLAGN). However,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-17 Zhang XueGuang