Detection of Very Low-frequency, Quasi-periodic Oscillations in the 2015 Outburst of V404 Cygni
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| Publication date | 01-01-2017 |
| Journal | Astrophysical Journal |
| Article number | 90 |
| Volume | Issue number | 834 | 1 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
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| Abstract |
In 2015 June, the black hole X-ray binary (BHXRB) V404 Cygni went into outburst for the first time since 1989. Here, we present a comprehensive search for quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) of V404 Cygni during its recent outburst, utilizing data from six instruments on board five different X-ray missions: Swift/XRT, Fermi/GBM, Chandra/ACIS, INTEGRAL's IBIS/ISGRI and JEM-X, and NuSTAR. We report the detection of a QPO at 18 mHz simultaneously with both Fermi/GBM and Swift/XRT, another example of a rare but slowly growing new class of mHz-QPOs in BHXRBs linked to sources with a high orbital inclination. Additionally, we find a duo of QPOs in a Chandra/ACIS observation at 73 mHz and 1.03 Hz, as well as a QPO at 136 mHz in a single Swift/XRT observation that can be interpreted as standard Type-C QPOs. Aside from the detected QPOs, there is significant structure in the broadband power, with a strong feature observable in the Chandra observations between 0.1 and 1 Hz. We discuss our results in the context of current models for QPO formation.
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| Document type | Article |
| Note | © 2017. The American Astronomical Society |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/834/1/90 |
| Other links | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017ApJ...834...90H |
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