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We compiled the X-ray and soft gamma-ray observations of the Galactic black hole binary XTE J1859+226 in the 1999--2000 outburst from RXTE, ASCA, BeppoSAX and CGRO. Throughout systematic spectral analysis using a two-component model…

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Strong, coherent, quasi-periodic brightness oscillations (QPOs) with frequencies ranging from about 300 Hz to 1200 Hz have been discovered with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer in the X-ray emission from some fifteen neutron stars in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 M. Coleman Miller , Frederick K. Lamb , Dimitrios Psaltis

For all available pseudo-Schwarzschild potentials, we provide a non-self-similar model of coupled accretion-outflow system in connection to the Quasi Periodic Oscillation (QPO) of the black hole powered galactic microquasars and the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Tapas Kumar Das , A. R. Rao , Santosh V. Vadawale

We report on a comprehensive analysis of the kilohertz (above 300 Hz) quasi-periodic oscillations (kHz QPOs) detected from the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary 4U0614+09 with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE). With a much larger data…

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The discovery of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in magnetar giant flares has opened up prospects for neutron star asteroseismology. The scarcity of giant flares makes a search for QPOs in the shorter, far more numerous bursts from Soft…

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High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-03 G. C. Mancuso , D. Altamirano , M. Méndez , M. Lyu , J. A. Combi

Quasi-periodic eruptions (QPEs) are repeated X-ray flares from galactic nuclei. Despite some diversity in the recurrence and amplitude of eruptions, their striking regularity has motivated theorists to associate QPEs with orbital systems.…

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We present a comprehensive analysis of Low Frequency Quasi-periodic Oscillation (LFQPO) associated time-lags in the persistently variable black hole binary GRS 1915+105 using 441 ks of \textit{AstroSat} observations from March 2016 to March…

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High-frequency twin peak quasiperiodic oscillations (QPOs) are observed in four microquasars, i.e., Galactic black hole binary systems, with frequency ratio very close to 3:2. In the microquasar GRS 1915+105, the structure of QPOs exhibits…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-01-14 Zdenek Stuchlik , Andrea Kotrlova , Gabriel Torok

We report the discovery of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPO) at ~11 mHz in two RXTE observations and one Chandra observation of the black hole candidate H1743-322. The QPO is observed only at the beginning of the 2010 and 2011 outbursts at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Diego Altamirano , Tod Strohmayer

In this work, we study the correlation between Quasi-periodic Oscillation (QPO) frequency and the spectral parameters during various X-ray states in the black hole binary GRS 1915+105 which matches well with the predicted relativistic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-19 Ruchika Dhaka , Ranjeev Misra , JS Yadav , Pankaj Jain

We have constructed models of quasi-periodic variability of X-ray emission from accreting compact objects. Assuming a general scenario of a propagation model of variability, with inverse Compton upscatering as the emission mechanism, we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. T. Zycki , M. Sobolewska

We performed a systematic investigation of millihertz quasiperiodic oscillations (mHz QPOs) in the low-mass X-ray binary GS 1826$-$238 observed with {\it NICER} and {\it Insight}-HXMT. We discovered 37 time intervals exhibiting mHz QPOs out…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-11 Hua Xiao , Long Ji , Sergey Tsygankov , Yupeng Chen , Shu Zhang , Zhaosheng Li

We report the discovery of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) at roughly 187 Hz and 150 Hz in the X-ray intensity of X-ray nova XTE J1859+226. The source was observed during a recent outburst with RXTE. Besides these high-frequency QPOs, we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Wei Cui , C. R. Shrader , C. A. Haswell , R. I. Hynes

High frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (HF QPOs) appear in the X-ray variability of several accreting low-mass binaries. In a series of works it was suggested that these QPOs may have connection to inhomogeneities orbiting close to an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 P. Bakala , G. Torok , V. Karas , M. Dovciak , M. Wildner , D. Wzientek , E. Sramkova , M. Abramowicz , K. Goluchova , G. P. Mazur , F. H. Vincent

We report the discovery in archival Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) data of a 40 Hz quasiperiodic oscillation (QPO) in the hard X-ray flux from the galactic microquasar GRS 1915+105. The QPO is detected only in the hard X-ray band above…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Tod E. Strohmayer

Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) observed in the giant flares of magnetars are of particular interest due to their potential to open up a window into the neutron star interior via neutron star asteroseismology. However, only three giant…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 D. Huppenkothen , L. M. Heil , A. L. Watts , E. Göğüş

Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) are observed in the hard state of many black hole X-ray binaries. Although their origin is unknown, they are strongly associated with the corona, of which the geometry is also subject to discussion. We…

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