Low frequency quasi-periodic oscillations in the hard x-ray emission from cygnus x-1

Paul, B. ; Agrawal, P. C. ; Rao, A. R. (1998) Low frequency quasi-periodic oscillations in the hard x-ray emission from cygnus x-1 Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 19 (1-2). pp. 55-61. ISSN 0250-6335

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Abstract

The observations of the black hole binary Cygnus X-l were made in the energy band of 20-100keV with a balloon-borne Xenon-filled multiwire proportional counter telescope on 5th April 1992. Timing analysis of the data revealed the presence of Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPO) in the hard X-ray emission from the source. The QPO feature in the power density spectrum is broad with a peak at a frequency of 0.06 Hz. This result is compared with similar reports of QPOs in Cyg X-l in soft and hard X-rays. Short time scale random intensity variations in the X-ray light curve are described with a shot noise model.

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Keywords:X-rays: Stars; Stars: Individual Cygnus Xl
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