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The twin-peak high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (HF QPOs), observed in the power spectra of low-mass X-ray binaries, might carry relevant clues about the physics laws reigning close to a compact object. Their frequencies are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 C. Germanà , R. Casana

The dynamics and instability of the magnetized jets connected to jet acceleration are complicated and are not yet well understood. Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) as special timing features in black hole systems can directly probe…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-09 Jiashi Chen , Pengfu Tian , Wei Wang

We present the first polarimetric analysis of Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPO) in a black hole binary utilizing \textit{IXPE} data. Our study focuses on Swift J1727.8--1613, which experienced a massive outburst that was observed by various…

We present a study on the detection and characterization of transient quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the $\gamma$-ray emission of blazars 4C +31.03, MG1 J123931+0443, and PKS 1622$-$253. Using light curves derived from \textit{Fermi}…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-11 P. Penil , J. Otero-Santos , A. Circiello , A. Banerjee , S. Buson , A. Rico , M. Ajello , S. Adhikari

In the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 766, a Quasi-Periodic Oscillation (QPO) signal with a period of $\sim6450$ s is detected in the \emph{XMM-Newton} data collected on 2005 May 31. This QPO signal is highly statistical significant at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-01 Peng Zhang , Peng-fei Zhang , Jing-zhi Yan , Yi-zhong Fan , Qing-zhong Liu

A recent study shows that if the power spectra (PS) of accreting compact objects consist of a combination of Lorentzian functions that are coherent in different energy bands but incoherent with each other, the same is true for the Real and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-09 Candela Bellavita , Mariano Méndez , Federico García , Ruican Ma , Ole König

In this paper, we study the motion of test particles around two exact charged black-hole solutions in Einstein-{\AE}ther theory. Specifically, we first consider the quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) and their resonances generated by the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-08-18 Mustapha Azreg-Aïnou , Zihang Chen , Bojun Deng , Mubasher Jamil , Tao Zhu , Qiang Wu , Yen-Kheng Lim

A summary is given of the experimental and theoretical results presented in the working group on spin physics. New data on inclusive and semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering, combined with theoretical studies of the polarized…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Mauro Anselmino , Gerard van der Steenhoven

Different methods to extract the polarized parton densities from the world polarized DIS data are considered. The higher twist corrections $h^N(x)/Q^2$ to the spin dependent proton and neutron $g_1$ structure functions are found to be…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-08-23 E. Leader , A. V. Sidorov , D. B. Stamenov

We report the timing results with Insight-HXMT observations of X-ray binary IGR J19294+1816 during its 2019 Type I outburst at the decline phase shortly following its peak. We analyze the light curves and power density spectrum (PDS) of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-09 Wen Yang , Wei Wang

We analyze the impact of ModMax parameter on the dynamics of test particles around black holes and its effect on the characteristics of Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPOs). The effect of the ModMax parameter $\eta$ is studied using the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-10 Mozib Bin Awal , Bidyut Hazarika , Prabwal Phukon

We report on the numerical discovery of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) associated with accretion through a non-axisymmetric magnetic boundary layer in the unstable regime, when two ordered equatorial streams form and rotate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 M. M. Romanova , A. K. Kulkarni

We have investigated the Quasi Periodic Oscillation (QPO) properties of the transient accreting X-ray pulsar XTE J1858+034 during the second outburst of this source in April-May 2004. We have used observations made with the Proportional…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 U. Mukherjee , S. Bapna , H. Raichur , B. Paul , S. N. A. Jaaffrey

We have re-analyzed archival RXTE data of the X-ray binary Cygnus X-3 with a view to investigate the timing properties of the source. As compared to previous studies, we use an extensive sample of observations that include all the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 K. I. I. Koljonen , D. C. Hannikainen , M. L. McCollough

This paper summarizes the recent calculations of the masses and decay constants of the pseudoscalar mesons at the two-loop level, or NNLO, in Partially Quenched Chiral Perturbation Theory (PQxPT). Possible applications include chiral…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2009-11-11 Timo A. Lahde , Johan Bijnens , Niclas Danielsson

The main goals of `spin physics' are recalled, and some theoretical and phenomenological aspects of longitudinally polarized deep inelastic scattering and other hard processes are reviewed. The spin dependent parton densities of protons and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Stratmann

We briefly review some of the recent developments in QCD spin physics.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 Werner Vogelsang

According to one model, high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) can be identified with inertial waves, trapped in the inner regions of accretion discs around black holes due to relativistic effects. In order to be detected, their…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Barbara T. Ferreira , Gordon I. Ogilvie

We have carried out a systematic study of the properties of the kilo-Hertz quasi-periodic oscillations (QPO) observed in the X-ray emission of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary 4U1608-52, using archival data obtained with the Rossi…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. Barret , W. Kluzniak , J. F. Olive , S. Paltani , G. K. Skinner

We briefly review the properties and physical consequences of quasiperiodic oscillations (QPOs) seen on many occasions in the X-ray emission from black-hole binary systems. We also report on the discovery of QPOs at 164 and 328 Hz in…