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Kilo-Hertz (kHz) Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) have been discovered in the X-ray fluxes of 8 low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE). The characteristics of these QPOs are remarkably similar from one…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 W. Zhang , T. E. Strohmayer , J. H. Swank

We ascribe the twin kilohertz Quasi Periodic Oscillations (kHz QPOs) of X-ray spectra of Low Mass X-Ray Binaries (LMXBs) to the pseudo-Newtonian Keplerian frequency and the apogee and perigee precession frequency of the same matter in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 C. M. Zhang

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 an energy dependent X-ray variability study of the 2010 outburst of the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1659-152 with the Swift X-ray Telescope (XRT). The broad-band noise components and the quasi periodic oscillations (QPO)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-06 M. Kalamkar , M. van der Klis , L. Heil , J. Homan

We detect millihertz quasi-periodic oscillations (mHz QPOs) using the Rossi X-ray Time Explorer (RXTE) from the atoll neutron-star (NS) low-mass X-ray binaries 4U 1608--52 and Aql X--1. From the analysis of all RXTE observations of 4U…

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

Quasi-periodic X-ray brightness oscillations (QPOs) with frequencies around a kilohertz have now been discovered in more than a dozen neutron stars in low-mass X-ray binary systems using the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. There is strong…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 M. Coleman Miller , Frederick K. Lamb , Gregory B. Cook

We show in this Letter that relativistic dragging of inertial frames around fast rotating collapsed stars is substantial and can give rise to observable effects. We apply this to the kHz quasi periodic oscillations (QPOs) sources, low mass…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Luigi Stella , Mario Vietri

We report the discovery of millihertz quasi-periodic oscillations (mHz QPOs) from the neutron star (NS) low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1730--22 using the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER). After being inactive for almost 50…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-21 G. C. Mancuso , D. Altamirano , P. Bult , J. Chenevez , S. Guillot , T. Guver , G. K. Jaisawal , C. Malacaria , M. Ng , A. Sanna , T. E. Strohmayer

We have discovered a ~1 Hz quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) in the persistent-emission, the dips, and the type I X-ray bursts of the low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1323-62. The rms amplitude of the QPO is approximately 9%, only weakly depending…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Peter G. Jonker , Michiel van der Klis , Rudy Wijnands

We report the discovery with XMM-Newton of an approximately 7 mHz X-ray (0.3-10.0 keV) quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) from the eclipsing, high-inclination black hole binary IC 10 X-1. The QPO is significant at > 4.33 sigma confidence…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-08-09 Dheeraj R. Pasham , Tod E. Strohmayer , Richard F. Mushotzky

We studied the correlations between spin frequencies and kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations (kHz QPOs) in neutron star low mass X-ray binaries. The updated data of kHz QPOs and spin frequencies are statistically analyzed. We found that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-08-28 H. X. Yin , C. M. Zhang , Y. H. Zhao , Y. J. Lei , J. L. Qu , L. M. Song , F. Zhang

We have analyzed data obtained during two observations with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer on January 5 and 8, 1997, of the low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) and atoll source 4U 1636-53. We measure the frequency separation of the two…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Mariano Mendez , Michiel van der Klis , Jan van Paradijs

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

From data obtained from the PCA in the 2-11 keV and 11-30.5 keV energy range, GRS 1915+105 is seen during RXTE observations between 1996 May and October on two separate branches in a hardness intensity diagram. On the hard branch, GRS…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Xingming Chen , Jean H. Swank , Ronald E. Taam

Both the broad iron (Fe) line and the frequency of the kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations (kHz QPOs) in neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) can potentially provide independent measures of the inner radius of the accretion disc.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Andrea Sanna , Mariano Mendez , Diego Altamirano , Tomaso Belloni , Beike Hiemstra , Manuel Linares

The burster and dipper Low Mass X-ray Binary (LMXB) 4U1915-05 (also known as XB1916-053) was observed by the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) 19 times for a total exposure of 140 ks between 1996 February and October. Here we report on the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-13 L. Boirin , D. Barret , J. F. Olive , J. E. Grindlay , P. F. Bloser

X-ray reverberation lags have recently been discovered in both active galactic nuclei (AGN) and black hole X-ray binaries. A recent study of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1608-52 has also shown significant lags, whose properties…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-03 Edward M. Cackett

There is a general consensus that the frequencies of the kilohertz Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (kHz QPOs) in neutron-star low-mass X-ray binaries are directly linked to the spin of the neutron star. The root of this idea is the apparent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Mariano Mendez , Tomaso Belloni

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 the results from an investigation of the energy dependence of Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPOs) exhibited by accreting X-ray pulsars using data from archival \textit{XMM-Newton}, \textit{NuSTAR}, \textit{RXTE}, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-01 Hemanth Manikantan , Biswajit Paul , Rahul Sharma , Pragati Pradhan , Vikram Rana