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We present new results based on observations carried out with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer during the decay of an outburst of the low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) and atoll source 4U 1608-52. Our results appear to resolve, at least in 4U…

We study the kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations (kHz QPOs) in the low-mass X-ray binaries 4U 1728-34, 4U 1608-52, and Aql X-1. Each source traces out a set of nearly parallel lines in a frequency vs. X-ray count rate diagram. We find…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Mariano Mendez , Michiel van der Klis , Eric C. Ford

We study the dependence of kHz quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) frequency on accretion-related parameters in the ensemble of neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries. Based on the mass accretion rate, $\dot{M}$, and the magnetic field strength,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-23 M. Hakan Erkut , Şivan Duran , Önder Çatmabacak , Onur Çatmabacak

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 analysed the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) data from a sample of bright accreting neutron star (NS) low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs). With the aim of studying the quasi-periodic variability as a function of the accretion regime, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-04-19 S. E. Motta , A. Rouco-Escorial , E. Kuulkers , T. Muñoz-Darias , A. Sanna

We investigate the frequency and amplitude of the millihertz quasi-periodic oscillations (mHz QPOs) in the neutron-star low-mass X-ray binary (NS LMXB) 4U 1636-53 using Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer observations. We find that no mHz QPOs…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-06 Ming Lyu , Mariano Mendez , D. Altamirano , Guobao Zhang , G. C. Mancuso

We have studied the rapid X-ray time variability in 99 pointed observations with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE)'s Proportional Counter Array of the low-mass X-ray binary 1E~1724--3045 which includes, for the first time, observations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 D. Altamirano , M. van der Klis , M. Mendez , R. Wijnands , C. Markwardt , J. Swank

We analyzed the recently published kHz QPO data in the neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs), in order to investigate the different correlations of the twin peak kilohertz quasi-eriodic oscillations (kHz QPOs) in bright Z sources and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 C. M. Zhang , H. X. Yin , Y. H. Zhao , F. Zhang , L. M. Song

We discovered two simultaneous kHz quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the bright low-mass X-ray binary and Z source GX 5-1 with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. In the X-ray color-color and hardness-intensity diagram a clear Z track is…

We have discovered kiloHertz quasi-periodic oscillations (kHz QPOs) in five Z sources: GX 340+0, Cygnus X-2, GX 17+2, GX 5-1, and Scorpius X-1. In all sources the properties of these kHz QPOs are very similar and closely related to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Rudy Wijnands , Michiel van der Klis

Based on the interpretation of the twin kilohertz Quasi Periodic Oscillations (kHz QPOs) of X-ray spectra of Low Mass X-Ray Binaries (LMXBs) to the Keplerian and the periastron precession frequencies at the magnetosphere-disk of X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 C. M. Zhang

In observations with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer we have discovered quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) near 1 kHz from 4U 1705-44, a low--mass X-ray binary with a neutron star classified as an atoll source. In six separate observations,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Eric C. Ford , Michiel van der Klis , Philip Kaaret

I study the behaviour of the maximum rms fractional amplitude, $r_{\rm max}$ and the maximum coherence, $Q_{\rm max}$, of the kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations (kHz QPOs) in a dozen low-mass X-ray binaries. I find that: (i) The maximum…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Mariano Mendez

We ascribe the interpretation of the twin kilohertz Quasi Periodic Oscillations (kHz QPOs) of X-ray spectra of Low Mass X-Ray Binaries (LMXBs) to MHD Alfven wave oscillations in the different mass density regions of the accreted matter at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. M. Zhang

We investigate the relation between the parameters of the energy spectrum and the frequency and amplitude of the kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillations (kHz QPOs) in the low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1636$-$53. We fit the $3-180$-keV spectrum of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-12 Evandro M. Ribeiro , Mariano Méndez , Guobao Zhang , Andrea Sanna

We analysed {\it Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer} (RXTE) data of the low-mass X-ray binary and atoll source 4U 1608-52 obtained on March 3, 1996 in which the source simultaneously showed a strong single kilohertz quasi-periodic oscillation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Wenfei Yu , Michiel van der Klis

We have analyzed seventeen observations of the low-mass X-ray binary and atoll source 4U 1728-34, carried out by the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer in 1996 and 1997. We obtain precise measurements of the frequencies of the two simultaneous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Mariano Mendez , Michiel van der Klis

The origin of quasi periodic modulations of flux in the kilohertz range (kHz QPOs), observed in low-mass X-ray binaries, is usually assumed to be physically distinct from that of the ``normal branch oscillations'' (NBOs) in the Z-sources.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 J. Horak , M. Abramowicz , V. Karas , W. Kluzniak

We observed the low-mass X-ray binary and Z source GX 17+2 with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer during 6-8 Feb 1997, 1-4 Apr 1997, and 26-27 Jul 1997. The X-ray color-color diagram shows a clear Z track. Two simultaneous kHz quasi-periodic…

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
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