Detection of Very Low-frequency, Quasi-periodic Oscillations in the 2015 Outburst of V404 Cygni

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Authors
  • E. Göğüş
  • M. Bachetti
  • C. Sánchez-Fernández
  • J. Chenevez
  • S. Motta
  • M. van der Klis
  • J. Granot
  • N. Gehrels
  • E. Kuulkers
  • J.A. Tomsick
  • D.J. Walton
Publication date 01-01-2017
Journal Astrophysical Journal
Article number 90
Volume | Issue number 834 | 1
Number of pages 17
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
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.
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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