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Her X-1/HZ Her is one of the best studied accreting X-ray pulsars. In addition to the pulsating and orbital periods, the X-ray and optical light curves of the source exhibit an almost periodic 35-day variability caused by a precessing…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-04-27 Dmitry Kolesnikov , Nikolai Shakura , Konstantin Postnov

We present the orbital X-ray modulation study of three high mass X- ray binary systems, IGR J18027-2016, IGR J18483-0311 and IGR J16318-4848 using data obtained with RXTE-ASM, Swift-BAT and INTEGRAL-ISGRI. Using the long term light curves…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 Chetana Jain , Biswajit Paul , Anjan Dutta

I briefly review the theory of soft X-ray transient systems. Irradiation of the accretion disc faces by the central X-ray source determines both the occurrence and the nature of the outbursts, in particular forcing these to be long viscous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. R. King

We have analyzed all archival RXTE/PCA monitoring observations of the ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) M82 X-1 in order to study the properties of its 62 day X-ray period (Kaaret & Feng 2007). Based on its high coherence it has been argued…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Dheeraj R. Pasham , Tod E. Strohmayer

We report on NuSTAR, XMM-Newton and Swift observations of the gamma-ray binary 1FGL J1018.6-5856. We measure the orbital period to be 16.544+/-0.008 days using Swift data spanning 1900 days. The orbital period is different from the 2011…

We present a multi-epoch study of the extreme X-ray variability of the type~1 quasar SDSS~J000532.84+200717.4 using archival observations from \textit{XMM-Newton}, \textit{Swift}/XRT, \textit{EP-FXT}, and \textit{ROSAT}, together with new…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-02 Yang Xiaohui , Ai Yanli , Dou Liming , Wang Tinggui , Jin Chichuan , Wen Wenfeng , Zhang Xu , Fu Yuming , Chen Jinhong , Jiang Ning , Liu Fukun

Context: Monitoring of pulse period variations in accreting binary pulsars is an important tool to study the interaction between the magnetosphere of the neutron star and the accretion disk. While the X-ray flux of the brightest X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 D. Klochkov , R. Staubert , K. Postnov , N. Shakura , A. Santangelo

We investigate the characteristics of bright flares for a sample of supergiant fast X-ray transients and their relation to the orbital phase. We have retrieved all Swift/BAT Transient Monitor light curves, and collected all detections in…

We present a broad-band X-ray study of the effect of superorbital periods on X-ray spectra and pulse profiles in the neutron star X-ray binaries LMC X-4 and SMC X-1. These two sources display periodic or quasi-periodic variations in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-29 McKinley C. Brumback , Ryan C. Hickox , Felix S. Fürst , Katja Pottschmidt , John A. Tomsick , Jörn Wilms

Analysis and interpretation of the Her X-1 X-ray light curve obtained with the ASM onbord RXTE over the period 1996 February to 2004 September is presented. We report that the features found previously in the averaged X-ray lightcurve are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-11-12 D. Klochkov , N. Shakura , K. Postnov , R. Staubert , J. Wilms , N. Ketsaris

We report the discovery of the orbital period of the ultracompact low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) 4U 1543-624 using time-resolved optical photometry taken with the 6.5-m Clay (Magellan II) telescope in Chile. The light curve in the Sloan r'…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Z. Wang , D. Chakrabarty

We present INTEGRAL spectral analysis in the orbital/superorbital phase space of LS I +61 303. A hard X-ray spectrum with no cutoff is observed at all orbital/superorbital phases. The hard X-ray index is found to be uncorrelated with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 Jian Li , Diego F. Torres , Shu Zhang

We report the discovery of a systematic constant time lag between the X-ray and radio flares of the gamma-ray binary LSI +61 303, persistent over long, multi-year, time scale. Using the data of monitoring of the system by RXTE we show that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-03-12 M. Chernyakova , A. Neronov , S. Molkov , D. Malyshev , A. Lutovinov , G. Pooley

Because of the previously observed stability of the 171-day period, the superorbital modulation of the low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1820-30 was considered a consequence of a third star orbiting around the binary. This study aims to further…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-23 Yi Chou , Jun-Lei Wu , Bo-Chun Chen , Wei-Yun Chang

The orbital dynamics of Cyg X-3 are a key to understanding this enigmatic X-ray binary. Recent observations by the RXTE ASM and the OSSE instrument on GRO enable us to extend the baseline of arrival time measurements and test earlier models…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Steven M. Matz

Five years of Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) observations of the Galactic black-hole candidates 1E 1740.7-2942 and GRS 1758-258 show a periodic modulation with amplitude 3-4% in each source at 12.73 +/- 0.05 dy and 18.45 +/- 0.10 dy,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. M. Smith , W. A. Heindl , J. H. Swank

During long-term observations of the Galactic Centre region in hard X-rays (10-300 keV) in space experiments made on board Prognoz-9 satellite and "Mir" orbital station (GRIF experiment) some periodic sources were revealed. They include…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. I. Kudryavtsev , S. I. Svertilov , V. V. Bogomolov

We report a systematic analysis of the spin, orbital, and superorbital modulations of 4U 0114+650, a high-mass X-ray binary consists of one of the slowest spinning neutron stars. Utilizing the dynamic power spectrum, we found that the spin…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-26 Chin-Ping Hu , Yi Chou , C. -Y. Ng , Lupin Chun-Che Lin , David Chien-Chang Yen

Superorbital modulations has been detected in the supergiant High-Mass X-ray binary 4U 1538-52 using long-term monitoring with the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Burst Alert Telescope (BAT). The source also exhibits a long-term pulse period…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-26 H. I. Cohen , N. Islam , R. H. D. Corbet , A. Lange , K. Pottschmidt , E. Bozzo , P. Romano , R. Ballhausen , C. Malacaria , J. B. Coley

We aim to study the temporal and spectral behaviour of four polar CVs from the infrared to X-ray regimes, refine our knowledge of the physical parameters of these systems at different accretion rates, and to search for a possible excess of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-10 H. Worpel , A. D. Schwope , T. Granzer , K. Reinsch , R. Schwarz , I. Traulsen