Discovery of 10 mHz quasi-periodic oscillations likely from IGR J17091-3624

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Publication date 17-03-2011
Journal The astronomer's telegram
Volume | Issue number 3225
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  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract We report the discovery of ~10 mHz quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in a 3.5 ks RXTE observation of the black hole candidate IGR J17091-3624 (ATELs #3144, #3159, #3167, #3203) on March 14th 2011 (MJD 55634.66). Only PCU2 was active, with an average 2-60 keV background-corrected count rate of 110 counts/s. The QPO is visible by eye in the light curve during the first ~1000 seconds and the last ~1500 seconds, with an average 2-60 keV fractional rms amplitude of 5.3+-0.4% and a mean frequency of ~10 mHz.
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Language English
Published at http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=3225
Other links https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ATel.3225....1A/abstract
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