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We present a model-independent analysis of the short-timescale energy dependence of low frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the X-ray flux of GRS 1915+105. The QPO frequency in this source has previously been observed to depend…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-16 Jakob van den Eijnden , Adam Ingram , Phil Uttley

The width (W), root mean squared amplitude (Rs) of lower and upper kHz quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) from accreting neutron stars vary with frequency. Similarly, the QPO frequency varies with the source count rate (S). Hence, the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 Martin Boutelier , Didier Barret , Yongfeng Lin , Gabriel Torok

It has been suggested that observations of quasi periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the X-ray fluxes from low mass X-ray binaries can be used to constrain the mass of the compact object and the equation of state of its matter. A specific…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Gondek-Rosinska , T. Bulik , w. Kluzniak , J. L. Zdunik , E. Gourgoulhon

The kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations (kHz QPOs) have been found in neutron star low mass X-ray binaries (NS-LMXBs), which present the millisecond timing phenomena close to the surface of the compact objects. We briefly summarize the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-05-14 Chengmin Zhang , Dehua Wang

The study of quasi periodic oscillations (QPOs) plays a vital role in understanding the nature and geometry of the Comptonizing medium around black-hole X-ray binaries. The spectral-state dependence of various types of QPOs (namely A, B, &…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-28 Sandeep K. Rout , Mariano Mendez , Federico Garcia

The relativistic precession model for quasi periodic oscillations, QPOs, in low mass X-ray binaries is reviewed. The behaviour of three simultaneous types of QPOs is well matched in terms of the fundamental frequencies for geodesic motion…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 L. Stella

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

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…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-28 Niek Bollemeijer , Phil Uttley

(abridged) In this paper we extend the idea suggested previously by Petri (2005a,b) that the high frequency quasi-periodic oscillations observed in low-mass X-ray binaries may be explained as a resonant oscillation of the accretion disk…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-18 J. Petri

We measure simultaneously the properties of the energy spectra and the frequencies of the kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in fifteen low mass X-ray binaries covering a wide range of X-ray luminosities. In each source the QPO…

We take the recently published data of twin kHz quasi-period oscillations (QPOs) in neutron star (NS) lowmass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) as the samples, and investigate the morphology of the samples, which focuses on the quality factor, peak…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-17 J. Wang , H. K. Chang , C. M. Zhang , D. H. Wang , L. Chen , J. L. Qu , L. M. Song

In all four microquasars which show double peak kHz QPOs, the ratio of the two frequencies is 3:2. This strongly supports the suggestion that twin peak kHz QPOs are due to a resonance between some modes of accretion disk oscillations. Here,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Gabriel Torok

Low mass x-ray binaries (LMXBs), with either a neutron star (NS) or a black hole, show in their power spectra quasiperiodic oscillations (QPOs). Those at highest frequencies show up in pairs and are named twin peak high frequency QPOs (HF…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-14 C. Germanà

We present for the neutron-star low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1636$-$53, and for the first time for any source of kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations (kHz QPOs), the two-dimensional behaviour of the fractional rms amplitude of the kHz QPOs in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-25 Evandro M. Ribeiro , Mariano Méndez , Marcio G. B. de Avellar , Guobao Zhang , Konstantinos Karpouzas

Low and intermediate frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) are thought to be due to oscillations of Comptonizing regions or hot regions embedded in Keplerian discs. Observational evidence of evolutions of QPOs would therefore be very…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-08-05 Sandip K. Chakrabarti , Broja G. Dutta , P. S. Pal

Kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations or kHz QPOs occur on the orbital timescale of the inner accretion flow and may carry signatures of the physics of strong gravity (c$^{2}$ ~ GM/R) and possibly clues to constraining the neutron star…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-06-26 Jon Troyer , Edward Cackett , Philippe Peille , Didier Barret

We report on a novel set of very-high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (VHFQPO's) in the context of compact, non-singular horizonless objects. Focussing on the static, spherically symmetric case we utilize metrics of non-singular black…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-10 Jens Boos , Felix Wunsch

Kilohertz-scale quasi-periodic oscillations (kHz QPOs) are a distinct feature of the variability of neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries. Among all the variability modes, they are especially interesting as a probe for the innermost parts of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-10 Pavel Abolmasov , Juri Poutanen

Accreting neutron stars and black holes share a number of rapid variability characteristics, such as quasi-periodic oscillations and broad-band noise. The frequencies of these features were recently shown to be comparable to fundamental…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dimitrios Psaltis , Colin Norman

We study energy dependencies of quasi-periodic oscillations from a number of black hole X-ray binaries. The selected sources were observed by RXTE at time periods close to state transitions and showed QPO in the 1-10 Hz range. We have…

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