Probing accretion flow dynamics in X-ray binaries

Thesis

Front cover

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Contents

1: Introduction

2: Possible twin kHz quasi-periodic oscillations in the accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar IGR J17511–3057

3: The identification of MAXI J1659–152 as a black hole candidate

4: Swift XRT timing observations of the black-hole binary SWIFT J1753.5– 0127: Disk-diluted fluctuations in the outburst-peak

5: Swift X-ray telescope study of the black hole binary MAXI J1659-152: Variability from a two component accretion flow

6: Are spectral and timing correlations similar in different spectral states in black-hole binaries?

7: Appendix

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